Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of
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In this rich and engaging book, Leonard Barkan tells the full cultural story of the emergence into daylight of the artworks of antiquity that had lain beneath Roman ground for more than a thousand years. As discovery and rebirth became literal daily narratives in the fifteenth century, Barkan shows, Renaissance conceptions of art, art history, aesthetics, and historiography were transformed.
Author: Leonard Barkan
Format: Paperback, 464 pages, 178mm x 254mm, 1112 g
Published: 2001, Yale University Press, United States
Genre: Archaeology
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In this rich and engaging book, Leonard Barkan tells the full cultural story of the emergence into daylight of the artworks of antiquity that had lain beneath Roman ground for more than a thousand years. As discovery and rebirth became literal daily narratives in the fifteenth century, Barkan shows, Renaissance conceptions of art, art history, aesthetics, and historiography were transformed.
Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of