Local Antiquities, Local Identities - Art, Literature and Antiquarianism in Europe, c. 1400-1700 (Hardcover)

This collection investigates the wide array of local antiquarian practices that developed across Europe in the early modern era. Breaking new ground, it explores local concepts of antiquity in a period that has been defined as a uniform 'Renaissance'. Contributors take a novel approach to the revival of the antique in different parts of Italy, as well as examining other, less widely studied antiquarian traditions in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Britain and Poland. They consider how real or fictive ruins, inscriptions and literary works were used to demonstrate a particular idea of local origins, to rewrite history or to vaunt civic pride. In doing so, they tackle such varied subjects as municipal antiquities collections in Southern Italy and France, the antiquarian response to the pagan, Christian and Islamic past on the Iberian Peninsula, and Netherlandish interest in megalithic ruins thought to be traces of a prehistoric race of Giants. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2018
Editors:	Kathleen Christian • Bianca de Divitiis
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-1704-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	1-5261-1704-5
Barcode:	9781526117045

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