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Book SynopsisA fresh account of the British aristocracy's relationship with the classical world.
Trade Review" Coutu deftly handles the intersection of English classicism, collecting and political culture in compelling case studies that are filled with significant new finds and insights." Douglas Fordham, University of Virginia " Then and Now often strikes the reader as a study that exemplifies the virtues of beauty and grace it explores in the mid-eighteenth-century collections it features. Tightly structured, it moves smoothly from the micro to the macro level, integrating its signature case studies within a larger discussion of the triangulation of politics, collecting, and classicism in eighteenth-century culture. It offers impressively detailed accounts of the genesis, scope, and significance of each of the four individual collections it showcases, each brought to life through rich and plentiful illustration." H-Net " This highly theoretical and erudite book offers a thorough analysis of a narrow selection of individuals within a limited time-frame, setting them in the wider context of the collecting tastes and patterns of the eighteenth century as a whole." Journal of the History of Collections
