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The Nature of Classical Collecting - Collectors and Collections, 100 BCE-100 CE (Hardcover, New edition)
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The Nature of Classical Collecting - Collectors and Collections, 100 BCE-100 CE (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: Perspectives on Collecting
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The phenomenon of collecting as a systematic activity undertaken
for symbolic rather than actual needs, is traditionally taken to
originate in the middle of the fifteenth century, when the first
cabinets of curiosities appear in Italy. Yet it is clear that the
practice of collecting started long before that, indeed its origins
can be traced back thousands of years to European prehistoric
communities. Whilst this early genesis is, due to lack of written
records, still shrouded in much mystery, The Nature of Classical
Collecting argues that the collecting practices of classical Greece
and Rome offer a rich tapestry of experiences which can be
reconstructed to illuminate a pivotal period in the long and ever
developing phenomenon of collecting. Utilizing a wide variety of
examples of classical collections - including grave goods, the
accumulations of Greek temples and open-air shrines, the royal
collections of Hellenistic kings, Roman art and curiosity
collections, and relics - The Nature of Classical Collecting
focuses on the field of the 'pre-history' of collecting, a
neglected yet critical phase that helped crystallize the western
concept of collecting. Drawing primarily on Latin writings from the
period 100 BCE to 100 CE it shows how collecting underwent a
transition from a religious and political activity, to an
intellectual practice in which connoisseurship could impart social
status. It also demonstrates how the appreciation of objects and
artists changed as new qualities were attributed to material
culture, resulting in the establishment of art markets, patronage
and an interest in the history of art. By exploring these early
developments, The Nature of Classical Collecting not only provides
a fascinating insight into the culture of late Hellenistic/early
Imperial Roman collecting, but also offers a much fuller grounding
for understanding the influences and inspirations of those
Renaissance collectors who themselves were to have such a profound
influence on the course of European art, architecture and culture.
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