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Shaky ground : context, connoisseurship and the history of Roman art / Elizabeth Marlowe.

By: Marlowe, ElizabethMaterial type: TextTextSeries: 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 2013
Contents:
Introduction : contradictions -- Histories modern and ancient -- Indifference to context -- Lessons learned and not learned -- Connoisseurship and class -- Red herrings -- Conclusions : best practices.
Summary: "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
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 66 - 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