Mediterranean ruins and old photographs.
Rennes University Press| N° d'inventaire | 28616 |
| Format | 21.8 X 28 |
| Détails | 268 p., numerous black and white illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Rennes, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782753594579 |
In the mid-19th century, a new medium appeared that documented ancient sites and monuments: photography.
Historical sources of great value, these views have become objects of study for the aesthetic choices they reflect, their contribution to the development and dissemination of knowledge, their role in the formation of an imaginary and in the "reception" of Antiquity, but also their commercial dimension in the history of tourism around the Mediterranean.
From North Africa to Persia, via Pompeii, Rome, Greece, France, and Egypt, we follow photographers through previously unseen collections to explore the ancient remains of the Mediterranean Basin, to understand their motivations, their approaches, and sometimes their challenges. These highly detailed views have multiplied over the decades, documenting new discoveries and the enhancement of a heritage that is meant to be preserved from destruction.
These studies pose acutely the question of the delicacy and objectivity of the testimony of photography in the history of archaeology, but also the question of the definition of the ruin, where science and the picturesque coexist, not without emotion.
In the mid-19th century, a new medium appeared that documented ancient sites and monuments: photography.
Historical sources of great value, these views have become objects of study for the aesthetic choices they reflect, their contribution to the development and dissemination of knowledge, their role in the formation of an imaginary and in the "reception" of Antiquity, but also their commercial dimension in the history of tourism around the Mediterranean.
From North Africa to Persia, via Pompeii, Rome, Greece, France, and Egypt, we follow photographers through previously unseen collections to explore the ancient remains of the Mediterranean Basin, to understand their motivations, their approaches, and sometimes their challenges. These highly detailed views have multiplied over the decades, documenting new discoveries and the enhancement of a heritage that is meant to be preserved from destruction.
These studies pose acutely the question of the delicacy and objectivity of the testimony of photography in the history of archaeology, but also the question of the definition of the ruin, where science and the picturesque coexist, not without emotion.