Reception stories. The Antiquitatum Thesaurus blog
Here we regularly publish articles on particularly interesting or significant subjects from the Thesaurus. They illustrate and explore the many facets of the project's work and demonstrate the potential of the material collected in the database.
Furthermore, we invite colleagues, experts and students from various disciplines who are interested in the reception of antiquities in the 17th and 18th centuries, their reflection in graphic media, or questions of collection and research history to submit texts that address innovative aspects or insights on the topic. With this and other activities, we aim to stimulate interdisciplinary dialogue within the academic community and hope to benefit the Thesaurus and its users.
For your proposal, please use the following submission form: blog proposal.
Please send your proposals to: thesaurus(at)bbaw.de
All blog posts are available in a format suitable for citation at ART-Dok (UB Heidelberg).
#11: πάντα ῥεῖ: "Everything flows" – The Nilometer on Rhoda Island, Cairo
Kay C. Klinger
(15 November 2024)
#9: Hands up! – "perperam incisor fecit" – The Sucellus in Petau's Portiuncula
Cristina Ruggero
(19 April 2024)
#7: From Pirro Ligorio to Bernard de Montfaucon – Four lines of graphic transmission for the block statue of Petamenophis
Cristina Ruggero, Timo Strauch
(20 June 2023)
#6: "Rome as it was and as it is" – Giovanni Maggi, Alessandro Donati and the invention of the before-and-after illustration
Ulrich Pfisterer
(7 March 2023)
#5: digtal meets analogue – Antiquitatum Thesaurus in Paris
Cristina Ruggero, Timo Strauch
(10 January 2023)
#2: Point(s) of View – How Early-Modern Antiquarians Depicted Three-Dimensional Objects in Their Publications
Ulrich Pfisterer
(1st March 2022)
#1: nobile opus aut curiositas – How Much Fascination Can Flow From an Ancient Luxury Faucet?
Cristina Ruggero
(11 November 2021)