Piranesi's Candelabra and the presence of the past : excessive objects and the emergence of a style in the age of neoclassicism

1. Verfasser: Eck, Caroline van , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Ausgabe: First edition.
Umfang/Format: xviii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Classical presences.
ISBN: 9780192845665
0192845667
Schlagworte:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, > 1720-1778. > Candelabra.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, > 1720-1778 > Criticism and interpretation.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, > 1720-1778.
Object (Aesthetics)
Art and society > Italy > History > 18th century.
Neoclassicism (Art)
Imperium Romanum
Italy.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
iDAI.gazetteer: Imperium Romanum
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 'A neo-classical dream and an archaeologist's nightmare' : Piranesi's colossal candelabra in the Louvre and Ashmolean Museum
  • Candelabra in antiquity, their rediscovery, and reception
  • Making antiquity materially present
  • Animal features
  • Animation, immersion, and the revival of antiquity
  • Movement, animation, and intentionality
  • Conclusion : 'Antiquity is only now coming into being'. The origins of the Styles Empire and the Turn towards the Object, 1770-1820.

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