Research Catalog

Title

World antiquarianism : comparative perspectives / edited by Alain Schnapp ; with Lothar von Falkenhausen, Peter N. Miller, and Tim Murray.

Publication

• Los Angeles, California : Getty Research Institute, [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Additional Authors

• Murray, Tim
• Miller, Peter N., 1964-
• Falkenhausen, Lothar von
• Schnapp, Alain, 1946-
• López Luján, Leonardo

Description

vii, 455 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm.

Summary

"The term antiquarianism refers to engagement with the material heritage of the past—an engagement that preceded the modern academic discipline of archaeology. Antiquarian activities result in the elaboration of particular social behaviors and the production of tools for exploring the collective memory. This book is the first to compare antiquarianism in a global context, examining its roots in the ancient Near East, its flourishing in early modern Europe and East Asia, and its manifestations in nonliterate societies of Melanesia and Polynesia. By establishing wide-reaching geographical and historical perspectives, the essays reveal the universality of antiquarianism as an embodiment of the human mind and open new avenues for understanding the representation of the past, from ancient societies to the present."--

Series Statement

Issues & Debates

Uniform Title

Issues & debates

Subject

• Antiquarians > History
• Material culture
• Archaeology and history
• Antikensammlung
• Sachkultur
• Antiquarians

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "Some of the essays collected in this volume were discussed during a meeting held at the Getty Research Institute and the Getty Villa on 3-4 June 2010."--Page vii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Echoes of a glorious past : Mexica antiquarianism / Leonardo López Lújan.

ISBN

• 9781606061480
• 1606061488

LCCN

^^2013009909

OCLC

• 835951343
• SCSB-10908414

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library