Classical sculpture and the culture of collecting in Britain since 1760 / Viccy Coltman.

Main entry:

Coltman, Viccy.

Title & Author:

Classical sculpture and the culture of collecting in Britain since 1760 / Viccy Coltman.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Description:

xiv, 315 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Classical presences

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-299) and index.
Introduction: Lord Lansdowne's Wounded Amazon -- 'The loving labours of a learned German': Adolf Michaelis and the historiography of classical sculpture in Britain -- 'The spoils of Roman grandeur': correspondence collecting and the market in Rome -- The operations of sculpture: (Re) writing restoration -- Collecting and global politics: the export of marbles from Rome and their transport to Britain -- "The lecture on Venus's arse: Richard Cosway's Charles Townley with a group of connoisseurs, c.1771-5 -- 'Placed with propriety': the display and viewing of ancient sculpture -- 'Casting a lustful eye': Charles Townley as collector and cataloguer -- Conclusion: Joseph Nollekens' The judgement of Paris.

Summary:

This is an illustrated study of the reception of classical sculptures in the early modern period. Viccy Coltman contrasts the culture of British 18th century collecting, which integrated sculpture into the domestic interior, with the focus upon individual specimens by archaeologists like Adolf Michaelis a century later.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9780199551262 (hbk.)
019955126X (hbk.)

Subject:

Cosway, Richard 1740-1821
Hamilton, Gavin 1723-1798
Jenkins, Thomas 1722-1798
Michaelis, Adolf 1835-1910
Nollekens, Joseph 1737-1823
Townley, Charles 1737-1805
Plastik
Sculpture, Classical Collectors and collecting Great Britain History.
Sculpture antique Collectionneurs et collections Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Sculpture, Classical Collectors and collecting
Antike
Kunst
Rezeption
Sammlung
Escultura clàssica Col·leccionistes i col·leccions Gran Bretanya Història.
Konstsamlande historia Storbritannien 1700-talet.
Grekisk skulptur samlare och samlarverksamhet Storbritannien 1700-talet.
Romersk skulptur samlare och samlarverksamhet Storbritannien 1700-talet.
Brittisk skulptur 1700-talet samlare och samlarverksamhet.
Great Britain
England
Großbritannien
Römisches Reich

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Classical presences.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 270591
Call No.: BIB 203393
Status: Available

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