Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities : a Critical History of Archaeology in 19th and 20th Century Greece /: a Critical History of Archaeology in 19th and 20th Century Greece. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sofia Vutsaki and Paul Cartledge.
• Other Names: Voutsaki, Sofia; Cartledge, Paul
• Contents: Introduction: Ancient monuments and modern identities / Sofia Voutsaki -- 1. The provenance of Greek painted vases: disciplinary debates and modern identities in the early 19th century / Giovanna Ceserani -- 2. Travellers and ruins in the Spartan landscape: a ghost story / Paraskevas Matalas -- 3. The reception of J.J. Winckelmann by Greek scholarship during the formative stage of the Modern Greek state (1832-1862) / Irene Fatsea -- 4. The legal protection of antiquities in Greece and national identity / Daphne Voudouri -- 5. Displaying archaeology -- exhibiting ideology in 19th and early 20th century Greek museums / Andromache Gazi -- 6. Archaeology and politics: The Greek-German Olympia excavations treaty, 1869-1875 / Thanassis N. Bohotis -- 7. The Hellenization of the prehistoric past: the search for Greek identity in the work of Christos Tsountas / Sofia Voutsaki -- 8. 'The stamp of national life': plaster casts and their uses in Greece at the end of the 19th century / Alexandra Alexandri -- 9. Beyond the debt to Antiquity: constructing a national architecture for Modern Greece / Eleni Bastéa -- 10. Are histories of archaeology good to think with? / Michael Fotiadis -- 11. Why should the state protect the cultural heritage? The answer offered by Greek law / Vassilis Voutsakis.
• Publisher Details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 938; Cultural property -- Protection -- Greece -- History; Archaeology -- Political aspects -- Greece -- History; Archaeology -- Social aspects -- Greece -- History; Nationalism -- Greece -- History; Group identity -- Greece -- History; Social change -- Greece -- History; Antiquities; Archaeology -- Political aspects; Archaeology -- Social aspects; Cultural property -- Protection; Group identity; Nationalism; Politics and government; Social change; HISTORY / Ancient / Greece; Greece -- Antiquities; Greece -- Politics and government -- 19th century; Greece -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Greece; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315513430; 1315513439
• Related ISBNs: 9780754652892; 0754652890; 9781315513454
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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