HIST 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Amedeo Maiuri, Catholic Church, William Gell
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Does not include the next three weeks of lectures; only things that occurs before today. Ottomans: rulers of turkish empire; 13-19th century in turkey; conquered greece, preventing europe from taking antiquities out of the country; ottomans had strict control, at a stage after schliemann when everyone was becoming archaeologically aware. Renaissance: 16-17th century; revival of interest in classical things in italy. Popes: head of roman catholic church, powerful in this early period; held largest collection of antiquities; introduced europe to these classical things. Louis xiv: king of france, nicknamed the sun-king; a great collector of antiquities, Plaster casts: spread the word about classical antiquities and greek sculpture. Hadrian"s villa: villa from the roman emperor hadrian, lived in the roman period; he was a great art collector so when we found his villa we found a lot of his sculpture collection.
