TY  - GEN
T1  - Afterlife of Antiquity : Anton Springer (1825-1891) on the Classical Tradition.
T2  - Studies in Iconology Ser.
A1  - Lamers, H.
LA  - English
PP  - Leuven
PB  - Peeters Publishers & Booksellers
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1108571936
AB  - 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. 'Nachleben der Antike' 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. 'Afterlife of Antiquity' 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 'Studies in Iconology' also includes the first English translation of Springer's 'Das Nachleben der Antike im Mittelalter', a largely forgotten classic of humanities scholarship, read and admired by Aby Warburg and Erwin Panofsky.
OP  - 145
CN  - CB353 .L27 2019
SN  - 9789042938793
SN  - 904293879X
SN  - 9789042938786
KW  - Springer, A. : (Anton), : 1825-1891.
KW  - Springer, A. : (Anton), : 1825-1891. : Nachleben der Antike im Mittelalter.
KW  - Springer, A. : (Anton), : 1825-1891
KW  - Civilization, Medieval : Classical influences.
KW  - Civilisation médiévale : Influence ancienne.
KW  - ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious
KW  - Civilization, Medieval : Classical influences
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -