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Ancient Rome as a museum : power, identity, and the culture of collecting

Title
Ancient Rome as a museum : power, identity, and the culture of collecting / Steven H. Rutledge.
Author
Rutledge, Steven H., 1963-
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Description
xxiv, 395 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
Uniform Title
Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-337) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction: museums and muses -- Collecting and acquisition -- Viewing, appreciating, understanding -- Displaying domination: spoils, war commemoratives, and competition -- Constructing social identity: pietas, women and the Roman house -- The monster and the map -- Imperial collections and the narrative of the Princeps -- Access and upkeep.
ISBN
  • 9780199573233 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0199573239 (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011279191
OCLC
  • ocn794208416
  • 794208416
  • SCSB-5646994
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries