{"product_id":"9781606060995","title":"Letters to Miranda and Canova on the Abduction of Antiquities from Rome and Athens","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1790s and early 1800s, the art world experienced two big events: First came the military confiscation of masterpieces from Italy and northern Europe in order to build a universal museum in Paris’s Louvre. Then famous marble sculptures were prised from the Parthenon and sent to London. These events provoked reactions ranging from enthusiastic applause to enraged condemnation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe French art critic, architectural theoretician, and political conservative Quatremère de Quincy was at the center of the European debates. In his pamphlet \u003ci\u003eLetters to Miranda\u003c\/i\u003e, he condemns the revolutionary hubris of putting “Rome in Paris” and urges the return of the works. In the \u003ci\u003eLetters to Canova\u003c\/i\u003e, however, Quatremère celebrates the British Museum for making the Parthenon sculpture accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuatremère’s writing was highly controversial and vigorously discussed in its time. This book offers the first English translation of the two series of letters, as well as a new critical introduction. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Getty Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037280518384,"sku":"9781606060995","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781606060995_p0.jpg?v=1763831104","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781606060995","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}