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Letters to Miranda and Canova - On the Abduction of Antiquities from Rome and Athens (Paperback)
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Letters to Miranda and Canova - On the Abduction of Antiquities from Rome and Athens (Paperback)
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This is the first English translation of French art critic
Quatermere de Quincy's controversial series of letters about the
removal of antiquities from Rome and Athens. In the 1790s and early
1800s, the art world experienced two big events: First came the
military confiscation of masterpieces from Italy and northern
Europe in order to build a universal museum in Paris' Louvre. Then
famous marble sculptures were prised from the Parthenon and sent to
London. These events provoked reactions ranging from enthusiastic
applause to enraged condemnation. The French art critic,
architectural theoretician, and political conservative Quatremere
de Quincy was at the centre of the European debates. In his
pamphlet "Letters to Miranda", he condemns the revolutionary hubris
of putting "Rome in Paris" and urges the return of the works. In
the "Letters to Canova", however, Quatremere celebrates the British
Museum for making the Parthenon sculptures accessible. Quatremere's
writing was highly controversial in its time. This book offers the
first English translation of the two series of letters, as well as
a new critical introduction.
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