Exhibiting the Past - Mirjam Hoijtink
Caspar Reuvens and the Museums of Antiquities in Europe, 1800-1840
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2012Uitgever: Brepols Publishers200 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503541526ISBN-13: 9782503541525Koop dit boek tweedehands
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In the first decades of the 19th century the exhibition of antiquity in museums reflected a universal history of civilization, in which the idea of cross-cultural influences dominated. Hindu-buddhist civilization of 13th century Java was easily connected to that of classical Greece, and Indian Hindu-depictions were playfully related to those of Egyptian Pharaonic time. This book shows how antiquity, during and just after the Napoleonic era formed a statement in a changing world at the dawn of nationali...
