{"product_id":"quatremere-de-quincys-moral-considerations-on-the-place-and-purpose-of-works-of-art-introduction-and-translation-9781793642196","title":"Quatremère de Quincy's Moral Considerations on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntoine Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy (1755-1849) was the most important Neoclassical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eart historian in the generation after Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768). It is difficult\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enow to appreciate his importance, due in part to the lack of translations of his 21 published\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebooks: three were rendered into English in the 19th century, and one in the 21st. The Moral\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsiderations has long been considered the most shattering polemic against public museums\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eever written. But I will show that Quatremère’s polemic was aimed, not against museums per se,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut rather against the imperialist and secularist curatorial purposes of Parisian museums in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eage of Revolution. His Neoclassical commitments maintained the centrality of religion, and of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincarnation, to any proper understanding of the place and purpose of the fine arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslator’s Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Text of Quatremère de Quincy’s Moral Considerations on the Place and Purpose of Works of Art and Their Proper Use (1815)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMORAL CONSIDERATIONS On the Place and Purpose (Destination) of Works of Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIRST PART: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the Purpose and Place (Destination) of the Arts (Arts) and of Works of Art (ouvrages d’Art), Considered in Terms of Their Influence on the Talent of Artists and the Good Taste (Goût) of Amateurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSECOND PART:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the Place and Purpose (Destination) of Works of Art (Ouvrages d’Art), Considered as an Influence on the Effect of These Artworks (Ouvrages) and the Impressions One Receives From Them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX ONE: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslation of the Preface to Quatremère de Quincy Lettres sur l’Enlèvement des Ouvrages de l’art antique à Athènes et à Rome, Écrites les unes au Célébres Canova les autres au Général Miranda (Paris: Adrien le Clere et C.ie, Quai des Augustins, No. 35, 1836), Avant Propos, v-xvj\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX TWO: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Major Published Works of Quatremère de Quincy, in Chronological Order\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX THREE: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks by Quatremère de Quincy Translated into English, in Chronological Order\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042680865111,"sku":"9781793642196","price":65.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793642196.jpg?v=1750955151","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/quatremere-de-quincys-moral-considerations-on-the-place-and-purpose-of-works-of-art-introduction-and-translation-9781793642196","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}