Title & Author:

Viewing antiquity : the grand tour, antiquarianism and collecting.

Publication:

Roma : Carocci, 2000.

Description:

108 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Ricerche di storia dell'arte ; 72

Notes:
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Carole Paul, Louis Marchesano -- Antique sculptures as sights and wonders : the unease of viewing and commenting / Chloe Chard -- Prospect and form in the eighteenth-century progress poem / Eric Gidal -- Classical ideal on display / Alex Potts -- Antiquaries and the Nile mosaic : the changing face of erudition / Tamara Griggs -- Obelisks as artifacts in early modern Rome : collecting the ultimate antiques / Jeffrey Collins -- Scavi, collezioni, restauri. La committenza Borghese tra Sette e Ottocento / Alberta Campitelli -- L'indotto del Grand Tour settecentesco : l'industria dell'antico e del souvenir / Antonio Pinelli.
Texts in English or Italian.

ISBN:

8843019368
9788843019366

Subject:

Classical antiquities Collectors and collecting Europe History Congresses.
Grand tours (Education) Congresses.
Antiquités gréco-romaines Collectionneurs et collections Europe Histoire Congrès.
Tours d'Europe (Éducation) Congrès.
Classical antiquities Collectors and collecting
Grand tours (Education)
Europe

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings
History

Added entries:

Ricerche di storia dell'arte ; 72.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220208
Call No.: N5740.V5 2000
Status: Available