Antoine-Chrysostôme Quatremère de Quincy (1755-1849) was celebrated during his lifetime as the greatest European writer on the arts. The architect Sir John Soane admired his essay on Egyptian architecture while Hegel considered his research on ancient Greek polychromatic sculpture a masterpiece. Despite the breadth of Quatremère’s writings, today he is famous for inventing an idea that he never embraced: namely, that art should remain in its original context because displacing it in museums changed its meaning and neutered its power.
| Original language | English |
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| Media of output | Blog post |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2025 |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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- Quatremère de Quincy
- Museums
- Cultural Heritage