UID:
edocfu_9959234740402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (233 p.)
ISBN:
0-300-22100-2
Inhalt:
A riveting account of private art collectors' passion from Roman times to the present Whether it's the discovery of
Anmerkung:
Includes index.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1. The Powers and Perils of the Antique: The Birth of Collecting --
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2. Collecting Identities --
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3. "By Means of a Little Castration": Restoration and Manipulation --
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4. Irresistible Forgeries --
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5. The Privileges of Lovers: Erotic Connections with Antiquities --
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6. Collecting Others --
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7. The History of Looting and Smuggling- and What They Destroy --
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8. Collectors' Failed Justifications for Looting and Smuggling --
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9. Conclusion: Collecting to Save the Past --
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Notes --
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Index
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In English.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-300-20852-9
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.12987/9780300221008
