CLAS 260 Lecture 2: JAN 18 - Hist. of classical archaeology / Cycladic & Minoan civilization
14 Feb 2017
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The medieval university 11th - 13th c ->classics. History of the art of antiquity (publishes his findings) the renaissance 14th -17th c -> collecting (no context) the grand tour -> collecting. J. j winckelmann 1717-1768 (father of classical archaeology)*** systematic study of artifacts (specifically with sculpture) state-sponsored public museums. > competition (england, france, russia, usa) (their conquests, colonies) Neo-classical style (greek revival style) (columns, pediments) Acquisitions: funding (to provide museums with antiquities, state agents (as diplomats or ambassadors) > lord elgin: thomas bruce (1766-1841) -> stole from the athenian acropolis. British ambassador to the ottoman empire (1799-1803) Elgin sells sculptures to the british museums in 1816. England shows itself at the successors of the greeks. He saw himself as a roman emperor. 1821 1832 greek war of independence. Excavations: athenian acropolis (first) the past, identity, and nation building foreign schools (governed by the greek archaeological society) 1875-1881 -> excavations at olympia by ernst curtius.
