Antiquity and its Interpreters [Paperback]

First published in 2000, Antiquity and its Interpreters examines how the ancient Romans were viewed by early modern Italians.Antiquity and Its Interpretors examines how the physical and textual remains of the ancient Romans were viewed and received by writers, artists, and cultural makers of early modern Italy. The case studies analyze specific texts, the archaeological projects that made antiquity available, the revival of art history and theory, and the appropriation of antiquities to serve social ideologies, among other topics.Antiquity and Its Interpretors examines how the physical and textual remains of the ancient Romans were viewed and received by writers, artists, and cultural makers of early modern Italy. The case studies analyze specific texts, the archaeological projects that made antiquity available, the revival of art history and theory, and the appropriation of antiquities to serve social ideologies, among other topics.Antiquity and Its Interpreters examines how the physical and textual remains of the ancient Romans were viewed and received by writers, artists, and cultural makers of early modern Italy. The case studies analyze specific texts, the archaeological projects that made antiquity available, the revival of art history and theory, and the appropriation of antiquities to serve social ideologies, among other topics.Introduction; Part I. Inhabiting History: 1. Historical self-definition; 1.1 Imitation James Ackerman; 1.2 P. Petrarch and the broken city David Galbraith; 1.3 Acquiring a classical past: historical appropriation in Renaissance Venice Patricia Fortini Brown; 1.4 Ordering history and style: Georgio Vasari on the art of history Philip Sohm; 2. Historical continuities; 2.1 Renaissance and real estate: the medieval afterlife of the Temple of Diana in Nimes Sheila Bonde; 2.2 Imaginary architecture and antiquity: the fountain of Venus in Francesco Colonna's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Martine Furno II; 2.3 Antiquity consumed: transfol$