Object Biographies - Collaborative Approaches to Ancient Mediterranean Art (Hardcover)

A revealing look at ancient art in the Menil Collection that addresses the problem of objects lacking archaeological context This innovative presentation of ancient objects in the Menil Collection offers a new model for understanding works from antiquity that lack archaeological context. Editors John North Hopkins, Sarah Kielt Costello, and Paul R. Davis with 11 additional authors employ a creative mixture of iconography, technical studies, and known provenance to gain insight into both the meaning of the objects themselves and what they can teach us more broadly about archaeology, art history, and collecting practices. As they take on complex issues of cultural heritage, legality, and taste, these essays bring to life works that are often consigned to either the imperial past or conceptual limbo and introduce a fresh framework through which to engage with the multilayered history that these objects represent.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2021
Editors:	John North Hopkins • Sarah Kielt Costello • Paul R. Davis
Dimensions:	254 x 203 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-25087-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > BC to 500 CE, Ancient & classical world Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
LSN:	0-300-25087-8
Barcode:	9780300250879

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