Reconstructing the Lansdowne Collection of Classical Marbles Volume One History -Volume two catalogue

Angelicoussis Elizabeth edited by with the Contributions by Andrew Stewart and Daniella Ben-Arie -Editor Gerard M-F Hill

ISBN 10: 3777428175 / ISBN 13: 9783777428178

Published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Muenchen, 2017

About this Item

Condition: like new. The Lansdowne Collection once held over 100 classical sculptures. It was founded by Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798), one of the most successful English archaeologists of the 18th century. His tireless efforts and sure aesthetic sense led his clients to exhibit the collection in a specially designed gallery in Lansdowne House. This famous private collection, assembled between 1760 and 1820, was at the center of Lansdowne House in London before being exhibited around the world after 1930. The author reconstructed the collection for these two volumes. The first volume is dedicated to the genesis of this most important English private collection of classical art and presents the staging of the works of art. The catalog volume is dedicated to the individual works in detail and locates them in Roman art history. These volumes are an outstanding contribution to the history of European collections and at the same time offer comprehensive information on classical art. Language : English text - Coll. A 10.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reconstructing the Lansdowne Collection of Classical Marbles Volume One History -Volume two catalogue
• Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Muenchen
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3777428175
• ISBN 13: 9783777428178
• Binding: Rilegato
• Edition: prima edizione
• Printing: Prima stampa
• Condition: nuovo
• Dust Jacket Condition: nuovo

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Synopsis

Begun by Gavin Hamilton (1723–98), one of the most prominent British explorers of classical sites of the eighteenth century, the Lansdowne Collection came to hold more than one hundred stellar examples of classical statuary, displayed in a specially designed gallery in Lansdowne-House in London. The collection, however, was dispersed in the years after 1930, and its works are now scattered across the globe. This book reunites the collection for the first time in nearly ninety years, under the expert guidance of Roman sculpture specialist Elizabeth Angelicoussis. The first volume of this set relates the history of the collection and the gallery, while the second catalogs and assess each known sculpture and sets it in the context of the most current research into Roman art history.
 

About the Author

Elizabeth Angelicoussis is a fellow of the Society of Antiquarians, a member of the Institute of Classical Studies, London, and a senior member of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens.