Producing the past : aspects of antiquarian culture and practice, 1700-1850 / edited by Martin Myron...
Producing the past : aspects of antiquarian culture and practice, 1700-1850 / edited by Martin Myron...
Producing the past : aspects of antiquarian culture and practice, 1700-1850 / edited by Martin Myrone and Lucy Peltz.
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Publisher
Aldershot : Ashgate, c1999.
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T0381448
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii,214 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Preface / Stephen Bann -- Introduction: 'Mine are the subjects rejected by the historian': antiquarianism, history and the making of modern culture / Lucy Peltz and Martin Myrone -- 1. Ceci n'est pas un monument: Vetusta Monumenta and antiquarian aesthetics / Maria Grazia Lolla -- 2. Graphic antiqua...
8. The desk: excavation site and repository of memories / Annegret Pelz and Anne Puetz -- 9. Antiquarianism, connoisseurship and the Northern Renaissance print: new collecting cultures in the early nineteenth century / Heather MacLennan -- 10. Science and sensibility: architectural antiquarianism in...
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Publisher
Aldershot : Ashgate, c1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c1999.
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Summary
"Antiquarianism, which had its roots in Renaissance thought, was a popular intellectual and cultural pursuit throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The antiquarian work of collecting, compiling and presenting material which exposed the past was seminal to the formation of social and national identities. These essays evaluate the cultur...
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Producing the past : aspects of antiquarian culture and practice, 1700-1850 / edited by Martin Myrone and Lucy Peltz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N069.09/1.
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T0381448
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74VvEdyXzGPX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEdyXzGPX
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ISBN
1840142758 (alk. paper)
9781840142754 :
1840142758 :
9781840142754 (hardback)
1840142758 (hardback)
9781840142754 (alk. paper)
DDC
069.09
MMS ID
991011551749702626
