Shaky ground : context, connoisseurship and the history of Roman art / Elizabeth Marlowe.
Material type: TextSeries: Debates in archaeologyPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 2013.Description: x, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780715640647 (hbk.)
- 071564064X (hbk.)
- Context, connoisseurship and the history of Roman art
- 709.37
- N5760 .M35 2013
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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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