Local antiquities, local identities
Art, literature and antiquarianism in Europe, c. 1400–1700
by Francesco Benelli, Kathleen Christian, Bianca de Divitiis, Krista de Jonge, João R. Figueiredo, Oren J. Margolis, Fernando Marías, Katrina Olds, Konrad Ottenheym, Richard Schofield, William Stenhouse, Edward H. Wouk, Barbara Arciszewska, Jenna M. Schultz
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This book brings together essays on the burgeoning array of local antiquarian practices developed across Europe in the early modern era (c. 1400-1700). Adopting an interdisciplinary and comparative method, it investigates how individuals, communities and regions invented their own ancient pasts according to concerns they faced in the present. A wide range of 'antiquities' -- real or fictive, Roman, or pre-Roman, unintentionally confused or deliberately forged -- emerged through archaeological investigations, new works of art and architecture, collections, history-writing and literature. This book is the first to explore the concept of local concepts of antiquity across Europe in a period that has been defined as a uniform 'Renaissance'. Contributions take a new novel approach to the revival of the antique in different parts of Italy and also extend to other, less widely studied antiquarian traditions in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Britain and Poland. They examine how ruins, inscriptions, and literary works were used to provide evidence of a particular idea of local origins, rewrite history or vaunt civic pride. Topics of investigation include municipal antiquities collections in Southern Italy and Southern France, the antiquarian response to the pagan, Christian and Islamic past on the Iberian Peninsula, or Netherlandish interest in megalithic ruins thought to be traces of a prehistoric race of Giants. This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to students and scholars of Early modern art history, architectural history, literary studies and history, as well as classics and the reception of antiquity. [Note: indent editor bios so they don't obscure the figure of the antiquarian in the cover image.]
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This book brings together essays on the burgeoning array of local antiquarian practices developed across Europe in the early modern era (c. 1400-1700). Adopting an interdisciplinary and comparative method, it investigates how individuals, communities and regions invented their own ancient pasts according to concerns they faced in the present. A wide range of 'antiquities' -- real or fictive, Roman, or pre-Roman, unintentionally confused or deliberately forged -- emerged through archaeological investigations, new works of art and architecture, collections, history-writing and literature. This book is the first to explore the concept of local concepts of antiquity across Europe in a period that has been defined as a uniform 'Renaissance'. Contributions take a new novel approach to the revival of the antique in different parts of Italy and also extend to other, less widely studied antiquarian traditions in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Britain and Poland. They examine how ruins, inscriptions, and literary works were used to provide evidence of a particular idea of local origins, rewrite history or vaunt civic pride. Topics of investigation include municipal antiquities collections in Southern Italy and Southern France, the antiquarian response to the pagan, Christian and Islamic past on the Iberian Peninsula, or Netherlandish interest in megalithic ruins thought to be traces of a prehistoric race of Giants. This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to students and scholars of Early modern art history, architectural history, literary studies and history, as well as classics and the reception of antiquity. [Note: indent editor bios so they don't obscure the figure of the antiquarian in the cover image.]
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date October 2018
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781526131034 / 152613103X
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- ReadershipGeneral/trade
- Publish StatusPublished
- Reference Code11245
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