Classical sculpture and the culture of collecting in Britain since 1760
By: Viccy Coltman.
Series: Classical presences
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780199551262
Subjects: Sculpture, Classical -- Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (P. [281]-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Lord Lansdowne's Wounded Amazon; title: 'The loving labours of a learned German': Adolf Michaelis and the historiography of classical sculpture in Britain; title: 'The spoils of Roman grandeur': correspondence collecting and the market in Rome; title: The operations of sculpture: (Re) writing restoration; title: Collecting and global politics: the export of marbles from Rome and their transport to Britain; title: "The lecture on Venus's arse: Richard Cosway's Charles Townley with a group of connoisseurs, c.1771-5; title: 'Placed with propriety': the display and viewing of ancient sculpture; title: 'Casting a lustful eye': Charles Townley as collector and cataloguer; title: Conclusion: Joseph Nollekens' The judgement of Paris.