Ancient Rome as a museum : power, identity, and the culture of collecting / Steven H. Rutledge.

Main entry:

Rutledge, Steven H., 1963-

Title & Author:

Ancient Rome as a museum : power, identity, and the culture of collecting / Steven H. Rutledge.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Description:

xxiv, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Series:

Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-337) and indexes.
Introduction: museums and muses -- Collecting and acquisition -- Viewing, appreciating, understanding -- Displaying domination: spoils, war commemoratives, and competition -- Constructing social identity: pietas, women and the Roman house -- The monster and the map -- Imperial collections and the narrative of the Princeps -- Access and upkeep -- Epilogue.

Summary:

This volume considers how cultural objects from the Roman Empire came to reflect, construct, and challenge Roman perceptions of power and identity. Rutledge argues that Roman cultural values are indicated in part by what sort of materials Romans deemed worthy of display and how they chose to display, view, and preserve them.

ISBN:

9780199573233 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0199573239 (hbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Art objects Collectors and collecting Rome.
National characteristics, Roman.
Romans.
Objets d'art Collectionneurs et collections Rome.
Romains.
History.
Art objects Collectors and collecting
Civilization
Antike
Kulturelle Identität
Kulturgut
Sammlung
Kunstvoorwerpen.
Kunstcollecties.
Culturele identiteit.
Monumenten.
Romeinse oudheid.
Rome Civilization.
Rome Civilisation.
Rome (Empire)
Rome.

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Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282858
Call No.: BIB 220712
Status: Available

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