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- Title
A brief historiography of Parthian art, from Winckelmann to Rostovtzeff.
- Authors
Colburn, Henry P.
- Abstract
The article provides a brief historiography of Parthian art from the time of Johann Joachim Winckelmann to Michael Rostovtzeff. It highlights the three overlapping phases of the historiography of Parthian art, comprising of the Ordering phase which deals with coins, Exploration phase which coincides with the advent of archaeological excavation in Mesopotamia, and Grand Narratives phase which saw the appearance of synthetic treatments of Parthian art and archaeology.
- Subjects
PARTHIAN art; HISTORIOGRAPHY of art; ART history; PARTHIAN coins; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; WINCKELMANN, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768; ROSTOVTZEFF, Michael Ivanovitch, 1870-1952
- Publication
Journal of Art Historiography, 2023, Issue 28, p1
- ISSN
2042-4752
- Publication type
Article