This book was first published in 2000. Antiquity and its
Interpreters examines how the physical and textual remains of the
ancient Romans were viewed and received by writers, artists,
architects, and cultural makers of early modern Italy. The
importance of antiquity in the Renaissance has long been
acknowledged, but this volume reconsiders the complex relationship
between the two cultures in light of recent scholarship in the
field and a new appreciation and awareness of the act of history
writing itself. The case studies analyze specific texts, the
archaeological projects that made 'antiquity' available, the
revival of art history and theory, the appropriation of antiquities
to serve social ideologies, and the reception of this cultural
phenomenon in modern historiography, among other topics.
Demonstrating that the antique model was itself an artful
construct, Antiquity and its Interpreters shows that the
originality of Renaissance culture owed as much to ignorance about
antiquity as to an understanding of it. It also provides a
synthesis of seminal work that recognizes the reciprocal
relationship of the Renaissance to antiquity.
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