Table of Contents
1. ARTISTS USE OF ANCIENT MODELS
Morten Stræde: Between Scylla and Charybdis. Concerning the Artist’s perception of Antiquity
Seymour Howard: Michelangelo and Greek Sculpture
Beatrice Palma: Pirro Logorio and the Rediscovery of Antiquity
Maria Grazia Picozzi: Orfeo Boselli and the Interpretation of the Antique
Susanne Pieper: The Artist’s Contribution to the Rediscovery of the Caesar-Iconography
Anne Marie Leander Touati: How to choose Ancient Models. The Example of John Tobias Sergel (1740-1802)
Marjatta Nielsen: Between Art and Archaeology: Johannes Wiedewelt in Rome (1754-1758)
2. FORMING IDEAS AND SHAPING TASTE
Ruurd Halbertsma: ’An ornament of the mind’ - C.J.C. Reuvens’ Ideas about the Benefits of Archaeology for Art and Society in the Netherlands
Jane Fejfer: Wiedewelt, Winckelmann and Antiquity
Karin Kryger: Julianehøj and the Memorial Grove at Jægerspris
Jens Peter Munk: Copy - Topos - Paraphrase. The Reception of Antiquity by Nineteenth Century Danish Artists
Maria Elisa Micheli: Iudicium et ordo: Antonio Canova and Antiquity
Joselita Raspi Serra: Laurent Guiard: Memory of the Antique
3. ARTISTS AND PATRONS
Beth Cohen: Mantua, Mantegna and Rome: The grotte of Isabella D’Este reconsidered
Viccy Coltman: ’Providence send us a lord’: Joseph Nollekens and Bartolomeo Cava
Tomasz Mikocki: Polish Artists and the Emergence of Archaeology in Eighteenth century Rome
Stefania Macioce: Caravaggio and the Role of the Antique
4. CREATING COLLECTIONS
Gilda Bartoloni and Piera Bocci Pacini: The Importance of Etruscan Antiquity in the Tuscan Renaissance
Claire Lyons: Antiquities and Art Theory in the Collections of Vicente Victoria
Hannemarie Ragn Jensen: On Danish Painters Collecting Antiquities for the Royal Academy in Copenhagen
Book Reviews
Helle Horsnæs: Rev. of Rita Benassai: La pittura dei Campani e dei Sanniti. L’Erma di Bretschneider 2001
Rune Fredericksen: Rev. of Inge Nielsen: Cultic Theatres and Ritual Drama. Aarhus University Press 2002
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