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
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2023.
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| Ausgabe: | First edition. |
| Umfang/Format: |
xviii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Classical presences.
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| 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.
