Empire Without End: Antiquities Collections in Renaissance Rome, C. 1350-1527

by Kathleen Wres Christian

This lucid and coherent account provides a new overview of the collecting of antiquities in early renaissance Rome, from the time of Petrarch to the Sack of Rome in 1527. In the early 15th century, when Romans discovered ancient marble sculptures and inscriptions in the ruins, they often melted them into mortar. A hundred years later, however, antique marbles had assumed their familiar role as works of art displayed in private collections. In this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300154216
• ISBN13: 9780300154214
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.8" x 10.4"