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Antiquities in Motion - From Excavation Sites to Renaissance Collections (Hardcover)
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Antiquities in Motion - From Excavation Sites to Renaissance Collections (Hardcover)
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Barbara Furlotti presents a dynamic interpretation of the early
modern market for antiquities, relying on the innovative notion of
archaeological finds as mobile items. She reconstructs the journey
of ancient objects from digging sites to venues where they were
sold, such as Roman marketplaces and antiquarians' storage spaces;
to sculptors' workshops, where they were restored; and to Italian
and other European collections, where they arrived after
complicated and costly travel over land and sea. She shifts the
attention away from collectors to the elusive peasants with
shovels, dealers and middlemen, and restorers who unearthed,
cleaned up and repaired or remade objects, recuperating the role
these actors played in Rome's socioeconomic structure. Furlotti
also examines the changes in economic value, meaning, and
appearance that antiquities underwent as they moved from person to
person during their journey and as they reached the locations in
which they were displayed. Drawing on vast unpublished archival
material, she offers answers to novel questions: How were
antiquities excavated? How and where did peasants, merchants, and
agents trade them? How was a price agreed upon between sellers and
buyers? How were laws about the ownership of ancient finds made,
followed, and evaded?
General
Imprint: |
Getty Publications
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2019 |
Authors: |
Barbara Furlotti
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Dimensions: |
250 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
292 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60606-591-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-60606-591-2 |
Barcode: |
9781606065914 |
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