Artifacts: how we think and write about found objects

"The book is a study of the artifacts that antiquarians (a.k.a. antiquaries) collected in the long eighteenth century. The author considers what objects drew their attention and how they interpreted and wrote about them--in politically charged ways and not with pure historical objectivity as th...

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1. Verfasser: Lake, Crystal B. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2020
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Zusammenfassung:"The book is a study of the artifacts that antiquarians (a.k.a. antiquaries) collected in the long eighteenth century. The author considers what objects drew their attention and how they interpreted and wrote about them--in politically charged ways and not with pure historical objectivity as they claimed. The book brings together material studies and literary studies. Part 1 presents a theory of the artifact, and part 2 presents case studies of particular artifacts: coins, manuscripts, weapons, and grave goods"--
Beschreibung:x, 261 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9781421436494
9781421436500

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