Sciences of antiquity : Romantic antiquarianism, natural history, and knowledge work / Noah Heringman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heringman, Noah.

Series:

Classical presences.

Classical presences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Roman influences.

English literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Natural history in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Heringman focuses on the illustrators, fieldworkers, and ghostwriters associated with the production of scholarly plate books during the Romantic-era. The volume explores how the expertise acquired by these intellectuals precipitated a major shift in research and forged a broader perception of antiquity transforming intellectual life.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Plates""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Knowledge Work and the Proliferation of Antiquities""; ""i: Explorations of antiquity""; ""ii: Romantic antiquarianism""; ""iii: Knowledge work, or, sciences from the middle""; ""iv: Transformations of antiquity""; ""NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITY""; ""1. Beyond Patronage: Knowledge Work, Professional Ambition, and the Competing Narratives of the Endeavour Voyage""; ""1.1 The natural history context""; ""1.2 Sydney Parkinson as author""

""1.3 Parkinson as collector, or, the afterlife of ethnographic specimens""""1.4 Antiquarianism on the Endeavour""; ""1.5 Parkinson, Joseph Banks, and material culture""; ""2. Campi Phlegraei and the Neapolitan Pursuit of �Most Remote Antiquity�""; ""2.1 Antiquities and natural history in Naples""; ""2.2 Sir William Hamilton�s collaborators""; ""2.3 Word and image in Campi Phlegraei""; ""2.4 Pietro Fabris and the Neapolitan context""; ""2.5 Classical sites and modern media""; ""2.6 On the mountain: Bartolomeo Pumo and Antonio Piaggio""

""2.7 Emma Hamilton and Wilhelm Tischbein: knowledge work and social change""""GREEK VASES AND DEEP TIME IN NAPLES""; ""3. Baron d�Hancarville, Sir William Hamilton, and the Collaborative Production of Antiquities""; ""3.1 Antiquarian conditions of production""; ""3.2 The fiscal logic of virtù""; ""3.3 Designing art history""; ""3.4 The author as producer""; ""4. The Natural History of Art: Customs and Manners in The Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities""; ""4.1 The shifting terrain of antiquity""; ""4.2 Customs and manners""; ""4.3 Domains of prehistory""

""5. �Their History, Written by Themselves�: Ancient Religion, Deep Time, and Embedded History""""5.1 Virtual antiquity""; ""5.2 Old artefacts, new histories""; ""5.3 Art as history, myth as history""; ""5.4 Art and ritual""; ""5.5 Pre-classical antiquity""; ""ENGLAND�S RUINS""; ""Interlude: Classical to Gothic""; ""6. Antiquarianism and the Science of Preservation: Jacob Schnebbelie, Richard Gough, and Gothic Antiquity""; ""6.1 Gothic materialism""; ""6.2 �A True Practical Antiquary�""; ""6.3 �Private Mixed with Public Life�""; ""6.4 The Antiquaries� Museum""

""6.5 Epilogue: John Carter and the science of preservation""""7. �The Whole of This Coast Is Composed of Ruins�: Thomas Webster�s Fieldwork on the Isle of Wight""; ""7.1 Geology and antiquity""; ""7.2 Local history, fieldwork, and collaboration""; ""7.3 �A Sort of Arch or Vault�""; ""7.4 Knowledge work among the ruins""; ""7.5 �The Language of the Antiquary�""; ""7.6 Geological conclusions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 24, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-299-40929-6

0-19-162606-6

OCLC:

838124158