{"product_id":"9782503541525","title":"Exhibiting the Past: Caspar Reuvens and the Museums of Antiquities in Europe, 1800-1840","description":"In the first decades of the 19th century, the exhibition of antiquity in museums reflected a universal history of civilization, in which the idea of cross-cultural influences dominated. Hindu-buddhist civilization of 13th century Java was easily connected to that of classical Greece, and Indian Hindu-depictions were playfully related to those of Egyptian Pharaonic time. This book shows how antiquity, during and just after the Napoleonic era formed a statement in a changing world at the dawn of nationalism. The main character is the first professor of Archaeology Caspar Reuvens , director of the Museum of Antiquity in Leiden, the Netherlands (1818-1835). It emphasis on his forming years in Paris and Germany, his many travels to London, and his plans for a journey to Rome. Beside, it sheds new light on the radically changing canon of antique sculpture in a nervous Europe, that soon would be falling apart in nation states.","brand":"Brepols Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049404612848,"sku":"9782503541525","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782503541525_p0.jpg?v=1763695279","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782503541525","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}