Andrea Fulvio's Illustrium Imagines and the Beginnings of Classical Archaeology

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-28812-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 64, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

Reihe: Brill’s Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History

Andrea Fulvio’s Illustrium imagines and the Beginnings of Classical Archaeology is a study of the book recognized by contemporaries as the first attempt (1517) to publish artifacts from Classical Antiquity in the form of a chronology of portraits appearing on coins. By studying correspondences between the illustrated coins and genuine, ancient coins, Madigan parses Fulvio’s methodology, showing how he attempted to exploit coins as historical documents. Situated within humanist literary and historical studies of ancient Rome, his numismatic project required visual artists closely to study and assimilate the conventions of ancient portraiture. The Illustrium imagines exemplifies the range and complexity of early modern responses to ancient artifacts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Madigan, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Antiquitäten, Sammelobjekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Introduction

1 The Contexts of the Book and Its Author

2 The Republic: Vr–XXIr

3 The Early Empire: Julio-Claudians through Flavians: XXIv–LXIIIv

4 The Middle Empire: Nerva Through the Antonines: LXVr–LXXXIv

5 The Late Empire: Septimius Severus through the Tetrarchs: LXXXIXr–XCIIIv

6 Late Antiquity: Constantinus I through Mezentius (Maxentius): XCVr–CVIr; and Medieval Rulers: CVIv–CXVIIIr

7 Fulvio’s Resources, Methods and Attitudes Concerning Visual and Material Evidence

8 Addendum: Fulvio’s Model Ancient Coins and the Borghesi Collection

Works Cited

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Madigan, Ph.D. (1982, University of Minnesota), is emeritus professor in art history at Wayne State University. He has published books in the areas of Greek architectural sculpture, Greek vase painting, and Roman ceremonial sculptures.