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Letters to Miranda and Canova on the abduction of antiquities from Rome and Athens
- Title
- Letters to Miranda and Canova on the abduction of antiquities from Rome and Athens / Antoine Quatremère de Quincy ; introduction by Dominique Poulot ; translation by Chris Miller and David Gilks.
- Author
- Quatremere de Quincy, M. (Antoine-Chrysostome), 1755-1849.
- Publication
- Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, c2012.
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- Description
- vii, 184 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
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- Note
- English translation of two different French titles: Lettres sur le projet d'enlever les monumens de l'Italie, originally published as a pamphlet in 1796, and Lettres écrites de Londres à Rome, et adressées à M. Canova, sur les marbres d'Elgin ou les sculptures du temple de Minerve à Athènes, originally published as a section of the 1836 book Lettres sur l'enlèvement des ouvrages de l'art antique à Athènes et à Rome.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Contents
- The cosmopolitanism of masterpieces / Dominique Poulot -- Letters on the plan to remove the monuments of Italy / Antoine Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy -- Letters written from London to Canova in Rome on the Elgin marbles or The sculptures of the temple of Minerva in Athens / Antoine Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy -- Petition to the directoire -- Petition presented by artists to the executive members of the directoire -- Foreword to the 1836 edition / Antoine Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy -- Biographical notes on contributors.
- Call Number
- JQF 12-1206
- ISBN
- 9781606060995 (pbk.)
- 1606060996 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011030169
- OCLC
- 748290722
- Author
- Quatremere de Quincy, M. (Antoine-Chrysostome), 1755-1849.
- Title
- Letters to Miranda and Canova on the abduction of antiquities from Rome and Athens / Antoine Quatremère de Quincy ; introduction by Dominique Poulot ; translation by Chris Miller and David Gilks.
- Imprint
- Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, c2012.
- Series
- Texts & documentsTexts & documents.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- Translated from the French.
- Added Author
- Poulot, Dominique.Quatremère de Quincy, M. (Antoine-Chrysostome), 1755-1849. Lettres sur le projet d'enlever les monumens de l'Italie.Quatremère de Quincy, M. (Antoine-Chrysostome), 1755-1849. Lettres écrites de Londres à Rome., et adressées à M. Canova, sur les marbres d'Elgin ou les sculptures du temple de Minerve à Athènes.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 12-1206