Art as plunder : the ancient origins of debate about cultural property / Margaret M. Miles.
Art as plunder : the ancient origins of debate about cultural property / Margaret M. Miles.
Art as plunder : the ancient origins of debate about cultural property / Margaret M. Miles.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N709/183
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English
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xiii, 426 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Art as Roman Plunder -- 2. The Roman Context of Cicero's Prosecution of Verres -- 3. Cicero's Views on the Social Place of Art -- 4. Roman Display of Art: From Lucullus to Lausos -- 5. Art as European Plunder -- Epilogue: The Continuing Plunder of Art -- Appendix. On Art as Plunder.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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New York (State)
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2008.
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"This book examines the ancient origins of debate about art as cultural property. What happens to art in time of war? Who should own art, and what is its appropriate context? Should the victorious ever allow the defeated to keep their art? These questions were posed by Cicero during his prosecution of a Roman governor of Sicily, Gaius Verres, for e...
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Art as plunder : the ancient origins of debate about cultural property / Margaret M. Miles.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-412) and index.
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N709/183
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74VM882a8ybl
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9780521872805 (hardback)
0521872804 (hardback)
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709
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991000240139702626
