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Art as Plunder: The Ancient Origins of Debate about Cultural Property

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 | #513078 in Books |  Miles Margaret M |  2009-12-28 |  2010-02-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.91 x5.98l,1.80 | File type: PDF | 442 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Definitive Word on one of Rome's evolving values - Captivating and Thorough|By P. Hunt|Margaret Miles now has the definitive word on Roman plundered art. Articulate and captivating as an author, Miles has thoroughly covered Roman spoliation from its inextricable earliest roots in Roman social history. The provocative simile title leads one to wonder if plunder could have even| |Margaret Miles deals with the sadly timely issue of art as plunder levelly and with sensitivity. Her study is not only well researched and sound, but also a very good read and as such easily accessible not only to scholars, but equally to undergraduates and

This book examines the ancient origins of debate about art as cultural property. What happens to art in time of war? Who should own art, and what is its appropriate context? Should the victorious ever allow the defeated to keep their art? These questions were posed by Cicero during his prosecution of a Roman governor of Sicily, Gaius Verres, for extortion. Cicero's published speeches had a very long afterlife, affecting debates about collecting art in the 18th century an...

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