TY - BOOK
T1 - Plundered Empire. Acquiring Antiquities from Ottoman Lands
AU - Greenhalgh, Michael
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This book concentrates on the sometimes Greek but largely Roman survivals many travellers set out to see and perhaps possess throughout the immense Ottoman Empire, on what were eastward and southward extensions of the Grand Tour. Europeans were curious about the Empire, Christianitys great rival for centuries, and plenty of information on its antiquities was available, offered here via lengthy quotations. Most accounts of the history of collecting and museums concentrate on the European end. Plundered Empire details how and where antiquities were sought, uncovered, bartered, paid for or stolen, and any tribulations in getting them home. The book provides evidence for the continuing debate about the ethics of museum collections, with 19th century international competition the spur to spectacular acquisitions.
AB - This book concentrates on the sometimes Greek but largely Roman survivals many travellers set out to see and perhaps possess throughout the immense Ottoman Empire, on what were eastward and southward extensions of the Grand Tour. Europeans were curious about the Empire, Christianitys great rival for centuries, and plenty of information on its antiquities was available, offered here via lengthy quotations. Most accounts of the history of collecting and museums concentrate on the European end. Plundered Empire details how and where antiquities were sought, uncovered, bartered, paid for or stolen, and any tribulations in getting them home. The book provides evidence for the continuing debate about the ethics of museum collections, with 19th century international competition the spur to spectacular acquisitions.
U2 - 10.1163/9789004405479
DO - 10.1163/9789004405479
M3 - Book
SN - 978-90-04-40546-2
VL - 1
T3 - Heritage and Identity, Volume: 6
BT - Plundered Empire. Acquiring Antiquities from Ottoman Lands
PB - Brill
CY - The Netherlands
ER -