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Then and Now - Collecting and Classicism in Eighteenth-Century England (Hardcover)
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Then and Now - Collecting and Classicism in Eighteenth-Century England (Hardcover)
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In the mid-eighteenth century, English gentlemen filled their
houses with copies and casts of classical statuary while the
following generation preferred authentic antique originals. By
charting this changing preference within a broader study of
material culture, Joan Coutu examines the evolving articulation of
the English gentleman. Then and Now consists of four case studies
of mid-century collections. Three were amassed by young aristocrats
- the Marquis of Rockingham, the Duke of Richmond, and the Earl of
Huntingdon - who, consistent with their social standing, were
touted as natural political leaders. Their collections evoke the
concept of gentlemanly virtue through example, offering archetypes
to encourage men toward acts of public virtue. As the aristocrats
matured in the politically fractious realm of the 1760s, such
virtue could become politicized. A fourth study focuses on Thomas
Hollis, who used his collection to proselytize his own unique
political ideology. Framed by studies of collecting practices
earlier and later in the century, Coutu also explores the fluid
temporal relationship with the classical past as the century
progressed, firmly situating the discussion within the
contemporaneous emerging field of aesthetics. Broadening the focus
beyond published texts to include aesthetic conversations among the
artists and the aristocracy in Italy and England, Then and Now
shows how an aesthetic canon emerged - embodied in the Apollo
Belvedere, the Venus de' Medici, and the like - which shaped the
Grand Manner of art.
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