Antiquities in Motion: From Excavation Sites to Renaissance Collections

$80.00 at The Getty Museum.

Shortlisted for the Charles Rufus Morey Book Award Barbara Furlotti Barbara Furlotti presents a dynamic interpretation of the early modern market for antiquities, relying on the innovative notion of archaeological finds as mobile items. She reconstructs the journey of ancient objects from digging sites to venues where they were sold, such as Roman marketplaces and antiquarians’ storage spaces; to sculptors’ workshops, where they were restored; and to Italian and other European collections, where they arrived…