Artifacts: how we think and write about found objects

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"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,…

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Full title :Artifacts : how we think and write about found objects / Crystal B. Lake.

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Publication Date:©2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Johns Hopkins University Press
Place of Publication:Baltimore
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781421436517, 1421436515
oclc:on1134940606
LC Classification:CC100
Dewey Decimal:930.1

Prologue. Things speaking for themselves -- Leaving room to guess -- Ten thousand gimcracks -- Coins : the most vocal monuments -- Manuscripts : burnt to a crust -- Weapons : a wilderness of arms -- Grave goods : the kings' four bodies -- Afterword. The artifactual form.

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Antiquarians Antiquarians -- 18th century Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting Antiquities -- Collectors and collectin… Archaeology -- Political aspects Archaeology -- Political aspects -- 18t… Archéologie -- Aspect politique -- 18e … History Spécialistes d'histoire ancienne -- 18e…