Piranesi's Candelabra and the presence of the past : excessive objects and the emergence of a style in the age of neoclassicism / Caroline Van Eck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eck, Caroline van, Author.

Contributor:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778

Series:

Classical presences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Object (Aesthetics).

Neoclassicism (Art).

Art and society--Italy--History--18th century.

Art and society.

Antiquities.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Candelabra.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778--Criticism and interpretation.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.

Rome--Antiquities.

Rome.

Italy.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Physical Description:

xviii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This volume explores the creation and reception of Piranesi's three colossal neoclassical candelabra. Caroline Van Eck's study explores the intense interest taken by producers and consumers of art objects in artifacts that made the classical live again in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Contents:

(from table of contents) Introduction

'A neo-classical dream and an archaeologist's nightmare' : Piranesi's colossal candelabra in the Louvre and Ashmolean Museum

Candelabra in antiquity, their rediscovery, and reception

Making antiquity materially present

Animal features

Animation, immersion, and the revival of antiquity

Movement, animation, and intentionality

Conclusion : 'Antiquity is only now coming into being'. The origins of the 'Style Empire' and the Turn towards the Object, 1770-1820.

Notes:

"This book started life as the Slade Lectures I gave in Oxford in 2017."--Page v.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index.

ISBN:

9780192845665

0192845667

OCLC:

1336458287

Publisher Number:

90104659680