‘WHAT SAID THIS RUDE ANTIQUE’: VICTORIAN RECEPTION OF ROMAN GLASS

IF 0.1 4区历史学 0 CLASSICS

GREECE & ROME Pub Date : 2022-09-06 DOI:10.1017/S0017383522000067

Roswyn Wiltshire

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Abstract

Artefact collections are a key means for many people to interact with classical antiquity. The physicality of objects easily appeals to the imagination, evoking associations between the object and the viewer's experiences. Reception of artefacts is thus multilayered, even regarding what may seem to be very simple objects, such as ancient glass vessels uncovered and collected around the middle of the nineteenth century. Drawing on research into the Damon Collection (Canterbury Museum, New Zealand) this study explores Victorian reception of Roman glass, demonstrating the many and often complex ways in which objects of utilitarian origin in classical antiquity gained new meaning and surprising popularity among a broad public. Glass vessels were receptacles for ideas and the imagination, from adventure to questions of religion and empire. In particular, vessels identified as ‘lachrymatories’ became a very personal empathetic link to the classical past, with influence on popular imagination enduring to the present day.

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“这粗鲁的古董说了什么”:维多利亚时代对罗马玻璃的接待

艺术品收藏是许多人与古代文物互动的重要手段。物体的物理性很容易吸引想象力，唤起物体和观众体验之间的联系。因此，人工制品的接收是多层次的，即使是看起来非常简单的物品，比如19世纪中期发现和收集的古代玻璃器皿。这项研究借鉴了对达蒙收藏馆（新西兰坎特伯雷博物馆）的研究，探索了维多利亚时代对罗马玻璃的接受，展示了古典时代实用起源的物品以多种复杂的方式获得了新的意义，并在广大公众中广受欢迎。玻璃器皿是思想和想象力的容器，从冒险到宗教和帝国问题。特别是，被认定为“泪室”的器皿与古典的过去形成了一种非常个人化的移情联系，对大众想象力的影响一直延续到今天。

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