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Sciences of Antiquity - Romantic Antiquarianism, Natural History, and Knowledge Work (Hardcover)
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Sciences of Antiquity - Romantic Antiquarianism, Natural History, and Knowledge Work (Hardcover)
Series: Classical Presences
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In the course of the eighteenth century, discoveries ranging from
Tahiti to Pompeii initiated a scientific turn in the study of the
past. Seeking a formal language to display these new findings,
Romantic-era plate books presented a wide array of objects as
ancient relics. This proliferation of antiquities, a product of old
affinities between natural history and antiquarianism, provided new
material for the formation of archaeology, geology, anthropology,
and other modern disciplines. Sciences of Antiquity traces the
production of five scholarly plate books on subjects of major
literary and scientific interest at the time: South Pacific
voyaging, Mount Vesuvius, ancient Greek vases, monuments in English
cathedrals, and the geology of southeast England. Focusing on
illustrators, fieldworkers, and ghostwriters associated with this
type of scholarly publication, Heringman explores how the expertise
acquired by these largely self-educated intellectuals precipitated
a major shift in the way research was done - from patronage to
professionalism. Their scholarship and technical skills demanded
recognition, sparking conflicts over the division of labour and the
role of institutions such as the Royal Society and the Society of
Antiquaries. Ambitious, collaborative plate books, such as The
Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities (1776) and
Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain (1799), forged a broader and
deeper perception of antiquity as extending far beyond the
Greco-Roman world.
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