Antiquity and its interpreters
By: edited by Alina Payne, Anne Kuttner, Rebekah Smick.
Contributors: Payne, Alina Alexandra.; Kuttner, Ann L.; Smick, Rebekah.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Renaissance; Imitation in literature; Imitation in art; Rome -- Civilization; Rome -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works; Europe -- Civilization -- Roman influences
Description: "Antiquity and Its Interpreters examines how the physical and textual remains of the ancient Romans were viewed and received by writers, artists, architects, and cultural makers of early modern Italy. The importance of antiquity in the Renaissance has long been acknowledged, but this volume reconsiders the complex relationship between the two cultures in light of recent scholarship in the field and a new appreciation and awareness of the act of history writing itself."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-318) and index.