Limit this search to....

Letters to Miranda and Canova on the Abduction of Antiquities from Rome and Athens
Contributor(s): Quatremère de Quincy, Antoine (Author), Poulot, Dominique (Introduction by), Miller, Chris (Translator)
ISBN: 1606060996     ISBN-13: 9781606060995
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
OUR PRICE:   $47.50  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2012
Qty:
Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Art | European
- Art | Museum Studies
- Art | Criticism & Theory
Dewey: 709
LCCN: 2011030169
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7" W x 9.9" (1.27 lbs) 208 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

In the 1790s and early 1800s, the art world experienced two big events: First came the military confiscation of masterpieces from Italy and northern Europe in order to build a universal museum in Paris's Louvre. Then famous marble sculptures were prised from the Parthenon and sent to London. These events provoked reactions ranging from enthusiastic applause to enraged condemnation.

The French art critic, architectural theoretician, and political conservative Quatrem re de Quincy was at the center of the European debates. In his pamphlet Letters to Miranda, he condemns the revolutionary hubris of putting "Rome in Paris" and urges the return of the works. In the Letters to Canova, however, Quatrem re celebrates the British Museum for making the Parthenon sculpture accessible.
Quatrem re's writing was highly controversial and vigorously discussed in its time. This book offers the first English translation of the two series of letters, as well as a new critical introduction.