Local Antiquities, Local Identities by Kathleen Christian, Bi... - 9781526117045

Local Antiquities, Local IdentitiesArt, Literature and Antiquarianism in Europe, c. 1400-1700\nAuthor(s): Kathleen Christian, Bianca de Divitiis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Manchester University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Manchester University Press\nISBN-13: 9781526117045, 978-1526117045\nSynopsis\nThis collection investigates the wide array of local antiquarian practices that developed across Europe in the early modern era. Breaking new ground, it explores local concepts of antiquity in a period that has been defined as a uniform 'Renaissance'. Contributors take a novel approach to the revival of the antique in different parts of Italy, as well as examining other, less widely studied antiquarian traditions in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Britain and Poland. They consider how real or fictive ruins, inscriptions and literary works were used to demonstrate a particular idea of local origins, to rewrite history or to vaunt civic pride. In doing so, they tackle such .