British Collectors of Classical Antiquities

Picture license:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

This course is an exploration of British collectors of classical antiquities, their activities and attitudes, and the wider influence of this process up till the present day.

Date created:

2014-02-03 11:32

Tutor:

Steve Kershaw

Subjects:

Archaeology, Classical art & archaeology, Classical Greek studies, Classical reception, Classical studies, Greek art & archaeology, Roman art & archaeology

Keywords:

Sir John Soane, Sir William Hamilton, Elgin Marbles, Ashmolean Musem, Dilettanti, C.R. Cockerell, Lord Elgiin, Collectors, Enlightenment, Long 18th Century, Arundel Marbles, Pomfret Marbles, Wedgwood

Course type:

Weekly class

Course: Further details, online booking

Resources for this course

Displaying 41 - 80 of 91

Resource	Description	People	Full details
NELSON & LADY HAMILTON'S AFFAIR	This link takes you to an article entitled 'Nelson and Lady Hamilton: A Very Public Affair' on the BBC History website		view
EMMA & SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON	This link takes you several images of Emma and Sir William Hamilton with a commentary.		view
EMMA HAMILTON (c.1765-1815): MISTRESS AND MUSE	This link takes you to a series of images of Emma Hamilton, plus a useful commentary.		view
EMMA HAMILTON IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON	This link takes you to images of works depicting Emma Hamilton in the National Portrait Gallery, London.		view
SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON: CAMPI PHLEGRAEI	This link takes you to useful images and text concerning Sir William Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei.		view
,	Baron d'Hancarville's AEGR, published between 1767 and 1776, is rightly acclaimed for containing some of the most beautifil ilustrations...	Steve Kershaw	view
	The partnership of Josiah Wedgwood I (1730-95) and Thomas Bentley (1730-80) was heavily influenced by Hamilton's collections of vases, and they...	Steve Kershaw	view
, , , , ,	The Portland Vase is a cameo glass vessel which was probably made in Rome circa 15 BCE - 25 CE. It is unquestionably one of the finest surviving...	Steve Kershaw	view
THE PORTLAND VASE, HAMILTON, WEDGWOOD AND THE DARWINS	This link takes you to an article entitled 'The Portland Vase: Sir William Hamilton, Josiah Wedgwood and the Darwins' by Milo Keynes in ...		view
, ,	The jasperware vase with applied reliefs (1786), impressed WEDGWOOD, known as the 'Pegasus Vase', takes its name from the winged horse which is...	Steve Kershaw	view
APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER CALYX KRATER. GR 1772.3-20.26 (Vase E 460)	This link takes you to an image, plus further information and links, of the Greek Calyx-krater (wine bowl), circa 440...		view
OBSERVATIONS ON MOUNT VESUVIUS, MOUNT ETNA, AND OTHER VOLCANOS	This link takes you a website where you can access OBSERVATIONS ON MOUNT VESUVIUS, MOUNT ETNA, AND OTHER VOLCANOS: IN A SERIES OF LETTERS,...		view
FROM GRAVE GOODS TO DEMOCRATIC OWNERSHIP, AN ENGRAVING OF THE TREBBIA TOMB AND THE HAMILTON VASE	This link takes you to a paper entitled 'From Grave Goods to Democratic Ownership, an Engraving of the Trebbia Tomb and the Hamilton Vase', by...		view
THE‘MEIDIAS’ HYDRIA: A VISUAL AND TEXTUAL JOURNEY OF A GREEK VASE	This link takes you to a site that gives you access to an article entitled, 'The‘Meidias’ hydria: a visual and textual journey of a Greek vase in...		view
ANTIQUITÉS ÉTRUSQUES, GRECQUES ET ROMAINES (AEGR)	This link takes you to a digitised version of Antiquités étrusques, grecques et romaines, ou les beaux vases étrusques, grecs et romains, et...		view
SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON: COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS FROM ANCIENT VASES MOSTLY OF PURE GREEK WORKMANSHIP (CEGV)	This link takes you to a digitised version of Hamilton, William. Sir, 1730-1803: Collection of engravings from ancient vases mostly of pure...		view
HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI (1898)	This link takes you to a copy of Cust, L. and Colvin, S., History of the Society of Dilettanti.		view
GRECIAN TASTE AND ROMAN SPIRIT: THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI	This link takes you to information about an exhibition entitled 'Grecian Taste and Roman Spirit: The Society of Dilettanti' at the J. Paul Getty...		view
THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI - HISTORY	This link takes you to a brief history of the Society of Dilettanti by Jason M. Kelly.		view
THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI AND THE PLANNING OF A MUSEUM	This link takes you to an article entitled “The Society of Dilettanti and the Planning of a Museum” by Dr. Jason M. Kelly.		view
A VISUAL GLOSSARY OF GREEK VASES	This link takes you to a visual glossary of Greek vases - shapes, descriptions and images.		view
THE MARLBOROUGH GEMS	THis link takes you to the text of a lecture (with illusatrations) delivered by John Boardman in April 2008 at the Ioannou School for Classical...		view
GEORGE KNAPTON - PORTRAITS OF THE DILETTANTI	The art world in Britain 1660 to 1735 publishes primary sources and research tools for the study of the arts in late 17th and early 18th...		view
STUART & REVETT: THE ANTIQUITIES OF ATHENS	The English architects James Stuart and Nicholas Revett visited Athens from 1751 to 1753 and, nine years later, published the first volume of ...		view
STUART & REVETT: THE ANTIQUITIES OF ATHENS	James Stuart and Nicholas Revett were British architects who traveled in Greece from 1751 to 1754 to record and measure the ancient ruins,...		view
JAMES STUART SKETCHING THE ERECHTHEUM	This link takes you to al illustration of James Stuart sketching the Erechtheum, from The Antiquities of Athens, vol. 2 (1787).		view
NICHOLAS REVETT: THE GREEK DORIC ORDER	This link takes you to an image of a print which was published by the Society of Dilettanti in Volume 1 of Ionian Antiquities, in 1769....		view
CHANDLER, REVETT & PARS: IONIAN ANTIQUITIES	This link takes you to a website where you can browse Ionian Antiquities, published with permission of the Society of Dilettanti, by R....		view
THE SECRET HISTORY OF BRITISH ART COLLECTIONS	This link allows you to view 'Bought with Love: The Secret History Of British Art Collections', a BBC series of programmes about art collectors,...		view
IONIAN ANTIQUITIES (CHANDLER, REVETT & PARS)	This link allows you to explore 'Ionian antiqvities' by Chandler, Richard, 1738-1810; Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804; Pars, William, 1742-1782;...		view
STUART & REVETT: THE GREEK DORIC ORDER	THis link takes you to an image of an engraving: Thomas Miller after Nicholas Revett. Greek Doric Order from Volume I of Ionian Antiquities,...		view
CUNNYSEURS	This link takes you to an image and further information about Thomas Rowlandson's satirical print 'Cunnyseurs'.		view
THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI AND THE PLANNING OF A MUSEUM	This link takes you to a piece entitled 'The Society of Dilettanti and the Planning of a Museum' by Jason Kelly.		view
THE PARTHENON SHOT BY SHOT	This link takes you to a website, The Parthenon, that uses a variety of recently developed computer graphics techniques to visualize elements of...		view
ACROPOLIS RESTORATION SERVICE (YSMA)	This link gives you video excerpts from the dismantlement and transportation of metopes from the Parthenon to the Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis...		view
JAMES 'ATHENIAN' STUART (1713 - 1788)	This link takes you to some information about James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713–1788), from the Victoria and Albert Museum's website		view
FRANCIS VERNON: PARTHENON	Many of the Royal Society’s early Fellows were travellers and diplomats who encouraged the international exchange of information. Francis Vernon,...		view
THE PARTHENON MARBLES	Through this link you can read about the history of the Parthenon Marbles as well as the points of view of the Greek government, the British...		view
THE BRITISH COMMITTEE FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF THE PARTHENON MARBLES	This link takes you too website of The British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles - a group of British people who having...		view
ELGINISM	Elginism (ĕl’gĭnĭz’əm) n. 1801. [f. the name of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841); see —ISM. Cf. Fr. elginisme & Sp. elginismo.]: An...		view