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American Museums and the Persuasive Impulse
Architectural Form and Space as Social Influence
More than just collections, museums are powerful engines of persuasion. This book reveals how their contents and displays influence visitors as effectively as any speech or advertisement, uncovering their profound cultural roles and power.
More than just collections, museums are powerful engines of persuasion. This book reveals how their contents and displays influence visitors as effectively as any speech or advertisement, uncovering their profound cultural roles and power.
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Beyond Boundaries
East and West Cross-Cultural Encounters
This collection of essays explores East-West cultural exchanges across centuries and disciplines. It examines the mutual influences of the visual arts and material culture of Asia, Europe, and the US, seeking to inspire new ideas and scholarly debate.
This collection of essays explores East-West cultural exchanges across centuries and disciplines. It examines the mutual influences of the visual arts and material culture of Asia, Europe, and the US, seeking to inspire new ideas and scholarly debate.
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China in the Frame
Materialising Ideas of China in Italian Museums
This ethnographic study of Chinese art displays in Italy highlights how representing the cultural Other becomes a process of self-expression. It shows how in representing China, Italy is induced to question and represent its own cultural identity.
This ethnographic study of Chinese art displays in Italy highlights how representing the cultural Other becomes a process of self-expression. It shows how in representing China, Italy is induced to question and represent its own cultural identity.
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For ruling houses, collecting was a political act driven by dynastic ambition. A family's collection attested to the age and power of its lineage. This volume presents articles exploring this phenomenon from the Roman Republic to the eighteenth century.
For ruling houses, collecting was a political act driven by dynastic ambition. A family’s collection attested to the age and power of its lineage. This volume presents articles exploring this phenomenon from the Roman Republic to the eighteenth century.
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This collection of essays highlights the enduring significance of provenance for historians, authentication, and law. It remains vital to ownership and topical due to ongoing debates over looted art and the illicit trade in antiquities conducted by terrorist groups.
This collection of essays highlights the enduring significance of provenance for historians, authentication, and law. It remains vital to ownership and topical due to ongoing debates over looted art and the illicit trade in antiquities conducted by terrorist groups.
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Leading scholars explore the understudied history of collecting in the American South. This volume examines the rich Renaissance and Baroque art in Southern public and private collections, revealing how these works were acquired, curated, displayed, and preserved.
Leading scholars explore the understudied history of collecting in the American South. This volume examines the rich Renaissance and Baroque art in Southern public and private collections, revealing how these works were acquired, curated, displayed, and preserved.
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Connecting art, nature, and science, these essays trace the collection and display of objects from early wunderkammern to the 18th century. They reveal a world where art and nature were intrinsically linked, charting the path to their modern divisions.
Connecting art, nature, and science, these essays trace the collection and display of objects from early wunderkammern to the 18th century. They reveal a world where art and nature were intrinsically linked, charting the path to their modern divisions.
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Curating Differently
Feminisms, Exhibitions and Curatorial Spaces
This title offers critical perspectives on, and analyses of, intersections of feminisms, art exhibitions, and curatorial spaces from the 1970s onward, bringing together case studies from Australia, Israel, Europe, and North America.
This title offers critical perspectives on, and analyses of, intersections of feminisms, art exhibitions, and curatorial spaces from the 1970s onward, bringing together case studies from Australia, Israel, Europe, and North America.
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This volume digitally reconstructs a 15th-century Book of Hours that was dismembered by a notorious dealer. It restores a cultural treasure, confronts the ethical challenges of manuscript destruction, and advocates for the preservation of our shared heritage.
This volume digitally reconstructs a 15th-century Book of Hours that was dismembered by a notorious dealer. It restores a cultural treasure, confronts the ethical challenges of manuscript destruction, and advocates for the preservation of our shared heritage.
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English, Colonial, Modern and Maori
The Changing Faces of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1932-2002
How do works enter a public art collection? Who decides what hangs on the walls? This cultural biography of Christchurch’s Robert McDougall Art Gallery explores 70 years of collection, controversy, and the influential personalities who shaped a nation's art.
How do works enter a public art collection? Who decides what hangs on the walls? This cultural biography of Christchurch’s Robert McDougall Art Gallery explores 70 years of collection, controversy, and the influential personalities who shaped a nation’s art.
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Hunting the Collectors
Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives
This volume investigates Pacific collections in Australian museums and the diverse 19th- and 20th-century collectors responsible. Essays reveal the motivations that led to the preservation of a remarkable archive of Pacific Island art, objects, and documents.
This volume investigates Pacific collections in Australian museums and the diverse 19th- and 20th-century collectors responsible. Essays reveal the motivations that led to the preservation of a remarkable archive of Pacific Island art, objects, and documents.
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Hunting the Collectors
Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives, Second Edition
Who were the collectors behind Australia's vast Pacific collections? This volume reveals the complex motivations that shaped these remarkable archives of Oceanic art, a vital contribution to the worldwide renaissance of interest in Pacific cultures.
Who were the collectors behind Australia’s vast Pacific collections? This volume reveals the complex motivations that shaped these remarkable archives of Oceanic art, a vital contribution to the worldwide renaissance of interest in Pacific cultures.
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It’s all Mediating
Outlining and Incorporating the Roles of Curating and Education in the Exhibition Context
This book brings together thinkers in curating and education to explore the two core functions of museums. As these fields professionalize, have they drifted too far apart? The volume encourages dialogue, examining collaboration between curators and educators.
This book brings together thinkers in curating and education to explore the two core functions of museums. As these fields professionalize, have they drifted too far apart? The volume encourages dialogue, examining collaboration between curators and educators.
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The 1879 Theft of Royal Ms 16 E VIII from the British Museum
Wars and Tolkien’s Teacher’s Role
In 1879, a priceless manuscript containing the only copy of the oldest French poem vanished from the British Museum. This study explores the intense academic rivalries after the Franco-Prussian War that fueled the theft and provides a reconstruction of the lost text.
In 1879, a priceless manuscript containing the only copy of the oldest French poem vanished from the British Museum. This study explores the intense academic rivalries after the Franco-Prussian War that fueled the theft and provides a reconstruction of the lost text.
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This book details the conservation, care, and management of Indian manuscripts. It covers their materials, writing techniques, and dating methods, as well as preventive measures for preservation, including ancient indigenous practices and the hazards of using chemicals.
This book details the conservation, care, and management of Indian manuscripts. It covers their materials, writing techniques, and dating methods, as well as preventive measures for preservation, including ancient indigenous practices and the hazards of using chemicals.
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To Inspire and Instruct
A History of Medieval Art in Midwestern Museums
This collection of essays tells the story of how medieval art was collected by individuals and institutions in the American Midwest, considering the motives of donors, the formation of major collections, and evolving curatorial practices.
This collection of essays tells the story of how medieval art was collected by individuals and institutions in the American Midwest, considering the motives of donors, the formation of major collections, and evolving curatorial practices.
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Touching Art
The Poetics and the Politics of Exhibiting the Tree of Life
This study follows the Tree of Life, a Mozambican sculpture made from decommissioned weapons. It explores how its meaning changed when exhibited in its original context versus the British Museum, challenging curatorial concepts of African art.
This study follows the Tree of Life, a Mozambican sculpture made from decommissioned weapons. It explores how its meaning changed when exhibited in its original context versus the British Museum, challenging curatorial concepts of African art.
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Challenging the perception of collecting as a male activity, this volume shows how women from the 16th to 19th centuries built important collections. They used them to make powerful statements about their lineage, cultural heritage, and power.
Challenging the perception of collecting as a male activity, this volume shows how women from the 16th to 19th centuries built important collections. They used them to make powerful statements about their lineage, cultural heritage, and power.
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