Richard Kinney Dale Brilliant - Reuse Value

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'... presents a wide spectrum and diverse perspectives... This book would make an interesting addition to any reading list... Recommended.' Choice 'Richard Brilliant and Dale Kinney, as indefatigable pioneers in the field of spolia-studies, have inspired many colleagues to think and rethink their positions and notions; this collection of essays attests to that inspiration. As with many such volumes this book does not present one theme or one line of thought which other scholars can use, but the chapters are showcases for specific problems, inducing the reader to apply various approaches in their own field of research. On top of that the book is well-sized, with black-and-white illustrations of good quality.' Reviews in History 'Readers of the BMCR will be familiar with volumes that emerge from a conference and comprise diverse, very loosely related, narrowly focused studies on a small aspect of a capacious subject. While many of the individual articles in such collections are of high quality and interest, the books tend to be uneven in achievement and, especially, coherence, with the essays lacking a sustained relationship to each other and many (unfortunately) having only a tenuous relationship to the topic announced in the volume’s title. Reuse Value is very much an exception here - the book is highly readable, consistent in quality and attention to its subject, and extremely stimulating. The reasons for this are several. First, one can assume a strong editorial hand, likely a result of the scholarly seniority of the book’s editors, the distinguished art historians Richard Brilliant and Dale Kinney. (Indeed, the scholarly achievement of the contributors of this volume is remarkable; all but one is at least a full professor and many are emeriti.)... Another reason the collection is so strong as a whole is that the topic is simultaneously focused and broad... One of the volume’s great strengths is the awareness it shows of the relationship of historical an