{"product_id":"9789042938786-afterlife-of-antiquity-anton-springer-1825-1891-on-the-classical-tradition","title":"Afterlife of Antiquity","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnton Springer (1825-1891) on the Classical Tradition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e      This essay deals with the early history of the notion of an ‘afterlife       of antiquity’ as a metaphor for thinking about antiquity’s continued       presence in later periods. \u003ci\u003eNachleben der Antike\u003c\/i\u003e is often       associated with Aby Warburg and Renaissance art but was first applied to       the classical tradition of the Middle Ages by the Czech-German historian       Anton Heinrich Springer (1825–1891). His provocative essay on the       subject, first published in 1862, is a very early attempt to emancipate       the classical tradition from strait-laced classicism and to see it as a       historical problem. Springer’s approach anticipated some important later       trends in understanding antiquity’s continued presence and significance.       \u003ci\u003eAfterlife of Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e returns something of the original       resonance to Springer’s idea and sheds light on its significance in the       history of scholarship. Recognizing some of the theoretical tensions       inherent in Springer’s discussion, the current work examines how the       notion of an afterlife of antiquity was embedded in the author’s wider       interest in artistic tradition and how he used it as a polemical concept       targeting both anti-classicizing Romanticist and traditional humanist       views of medieval culture. This issue of \u003ci\u003eStudies in Iconology\u003c\/i\u003e       also includes the first English translation of Springer’s \u003ci\u003eDas       Nachleben der Antike im Mittelalter\u003c\/i\u003e, a largely forgotten classic of       humanities scholarship, read and admired by Aby Warburg and Erwin       Panofsky.    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55171684008310,"sku":"9789042938786","price":62.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27236690.jpg?v=1737426696","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9789042938786-afterlife-of-antiquity-anton-springer-1825-1891-on-the-classical-tradition","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}