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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 objects that made the classical live again in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

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Introduction 1: 'A Neoclassical Dream and an Archaeologist's Nightmare': Piranesi's Colossal Candelabra in the Louvre and Ashmolean Museum 2: Candelabra in Antiquity, their Rediscovery, and Reception 3: Making Antiquity Materially Present 4: Animal Features 5: Animation, Immersion, and the Revival of Antiquity 6: 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.

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/02/2023
      ISBN13: 9780192845665, 978-0192845665
      ISBN10: 0192845667

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 objects that made the classical live again in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1: 'A Neoclassical Dream and an Archaeologist's Nightmare': Piranesi's Colossal Candelabra in the Louvre and Ashmolean Museum 2: Candelabra in Antiquity, their Rediscovery, and Reception 3: Making Antiquity Materially Present 4: Animal Features 5: Animation, Immersion, and the Revival of Antiquity 6: 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.

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