The Antiquarian and the Myth of Antiquity: The Origins of Rome in Renaissance Thought Book by Philip Joshua Jacks

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Book in 1st class condition. Pages look unused. Hardcover. English. Pub Year 1993, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The Antiquarian and the Myth of Antiquity: The Origins of Rome in Renaissance Thought Book by Philip Joshua JacksIn *The Antiquarian and the Myth of Antiquity*, Philip Jacks examines Renaissance humanists? efforts to establish the historical foundations of Rome and reconstruct the city?s early urban form. Rome?s origins, already mysterious in imperial times, remained a focus of fascination, while the city?s monuments represented enduring secular and spiritual authority.The book analyses the archaeological, philological and historical methods used in these enquiries. Humanist debates drew not only on inscriptions, texts and surviving remains, but also on polemics and reinterpretations of classical antiquity shaped by contemporary culture. Jacks traces how the myths, rituals and artistic symbols associated with Rome?s ancestry were repeatedly redefined and appropriated. While Roman citizens regarded this inheritance as part of their historical destiny, humanists in cities across Italy likewise sought to establish their communities? descent from ancient civilisation. (MP). …