The Pleasures of Antiquity

British Collections of Greece of Rome

By: I. Jonathan Scott

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Hardcover | 10 June 2003 | Edition Number 1

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By the nineteenth century, connoisseurs from the British Isles had assembled the richest collections of classical antiquities outside Rome. The galleries they created to house the spectacular Greek and Roman statues, ornaments, vases, bronzes, and gems were in many instances designed to be as magnificent as the artworks themselves. This delightful book examines how the great British antiquities collections were put together and displayed, from Lord Arundel's collection of marbles in the seventeenth century to the Grand Tour acquisitions of the eighteenth century and the greatest art acquisition of all time, that of the Elgin Marbles from the Acropolis.

In this book, the first comprehensive history of the collecting of antiquities in Great Britain, Jonathan Scott gives portraits of the principal collectors, describes the mechanics of the art trade and collecting, and takes us to beautiful sculpture galleries that were created by such distinguished architects as Robert Adam and Jeffry Wyatville. With a generous selection of illustrations of the interiors of collectors' houses, the book presents in unprecedented detail the story of private British antiquities collectors and their truly remarkable collections.

Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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Non-Fiction Antiques, Vintage & Collectables Antiques & Collectables for Pictures Arts & Entertainment Art Treatments & Subjects Exhibition Catalogues & Specific Collections History of Art & Design Styles Ancient & Classical Art Art Forms Non-Graphic Art Forms Sculpture General Issues in Art

Preface
The First Collectors	p. 1
Collecting under the Later Stuarts	p. 31
Grand Tour Collecting in the Early Eighteenth Century	p. 53
The Heyday of Collecting	p. 85
Ten Collections of the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century	p. 115
The Founders of the British Museum Collections: Hamilton, Knight and Townley	p. 169
Greek Antiquities	p. 219
The Last Collections	p. 235
Notes	p. 281
Index	p. 329
Photograph Credits	p. 340
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The Pleasures of Antiquity

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