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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Debates in archaeologyPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 2013.Description: x, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780715640647 (hbk.)
  • 071564064X (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Context, connoisseurship and the history of Roman art
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.37
LOC classification:
  • N5760 .M35 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-156) and indexes.

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

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