Shaky ground : context, connoisseurship and the history of Roman art / Elizabeth Marlowe.
Material type: TextSeries: Debates in archaeologyPublication details: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. Description: x, 168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780715640647 (hbk.); 071564064X (hbk.)Other title: Context, connoisseurship and the history of Roman artSubject(s): Art, Roman -- Collectors and collecting | Rome -- Art -- HistoryDDC classification: 709.37 LOC classification: N5760 | .M37 2013Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | The BIAA David H. French Library Shelf 61 - Reading Room | G2f MARLO 30264 | Not for loan | BOOKS-000000023007 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-156) and index.
Introduction : contradictions -- Histories modern and ancient -- Indifference to context -- Lessons learned and not learned -- Connoisseurship and class -- Red herrings -- Conclusions : best practices.
"Argues that the current legal and ethical debates over looting, ownership and cultural property have distracted us from the epistemological problems inherent in all (ostensibly) ancient artworks lacking a known findspot, problems that should be of great concern to those who seek to understand the past through its material remains."--Publishers website