Ancient Art and its Commerce in Early Twentieth-Century Europe
Archaeopress Archaeology (Verlag)
978-1-80327-256-6 (ISBN)
At the beginning of the 20th century, changes in taste and expectations of the public led private museums in Europe and North America to embark on large-scale acquisition of archaeological objects from the Mediterranean and the Near East.
John Marshall (1862-1928) was an antiquities expert hired by the Metropolitan Museum of New York as purchasing agent in Europe on behalf of its Department of Classical Art in between 1906 and 1928. His mission was to secure for the Metropolitan a comprehensive collection of antiquities of high aesthetic standards and historical significance.
During his agency, John Marshall was an attentive observer of the antiquities trade. Photographs and annotations on more than a thousand ancient objects circulating on the art market at that time have survived in his personal archive, later bequeathed to the British School at Rome and the Ashmolean Library at Oxford. This unpublished and very valuable resource shines light on the secretive world of art dealing and provides information on the history of many masterpieces of ancient and post-ancient art now in the largest museums of Europe and North America. Using information gathered by John Marshall, this book delineates how the trade of art and archaeological objects has impacted the perception of the Classical past in the modern Western world.
Guido Petruccioli is an Oxford University-trained classical archaeologist and professional photographer with specialist interests in Roman imperial portraiture and the documentation of ancient sculpture.
Introduction – Guido Petruccioli ;
Chapter 1 John Marshall – A Biographical Essay – Stephen Dyson ;
Chapter 2 Collectors and the Agents of Ancient Art in Rome – Mette Moltesen ;
Chapter 3 The Photographs in John Marshall’s Archive – Vinnie Nørskov ;
Chapter 4 John Marshall, The Met and the Historiography of ‘Greek Sculpture’ – Guido Petruccioli ;
Chapter 5 Faces in Stone: A Case Study of Marble Portrait Sculptures of Roman Date Purchased by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York via John Marshall – Susan Walker ;
Chapter 6 The Bronzes in the John Marshall Archive – Beryl Barr-Sharrar ;
Chapter 7 John Marshall’s Dealings with Vases and Terracottas – Vinnie Nørskov ;
Chapter 8 ‘Non-antique’ Objects in the John Marshall Archive – Roberto Cobianchi ;
Chapter 9 John Marshall’s Trading Network – Guido Petruccioli ;
Chapter 10 Cultural Heritage Preservation during John Marshall’s Time: The Export of Antiquities from the Unification of Italy to the 1909 Law – Francesca de Tomasi ;
Plates ;
Abbreviations and Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.01.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 135 figures, 1 table, 80 plates |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1304 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80327-256-2 / 1803272562 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80327-256-6 / 9781803272566 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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