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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Galerie Espagnole and the Museo Nacional
Book SynopsisAn important and critical re-evaluation of the Galerie Espagnole, this book presents new interpretations of the special collection of Spanish (or purportedly Spanish) paintings formed under Louis-Philippe and exhibited in the Louvre from 1838 through 1848. Alisa Luxenberg undertakes a new examination of the Parisian collection in relation to its lesser-known Spanish homologue, the Museo Nacional in Madrid, a collection of mostly old master Spanish paintings and sculptures that was formed at the very same time. Revealing the political agendas behind each museum, and the different manners in which their goals were pursued, Luxenberg analyzes the critical and visual reception of the collections as well as their intersection with contemporary debates about aesthetics and patrimony, the role of the art museum, and national and international politics.Trade Review’..With its impressive archival research and uncluttered writing style, this book makes a significant contribution to scholarship in French and Spanish art history and museum studies. Highly recommended...’ Choice ’The most important aspect to this valuable corrective study is that for the first time, we learn about what the Spanish thought about it all. In a finely nuanced account, Luxenberg reveals how many in the Spanish artistic establishment were either ambivalent, or indeed multivalent towards the French. There are fascinating accounts of the equivocal roles played by Carderera, Madrazo and Villaamil, all of whom would become pillars of Isabelline Madrid.’ Journal of the History of CollectionsTable of ContentsContents: The two museums from a trans-Pyrenean perspective; The Galerie Espagnole: content and critical reception in France; The protagonists and their priorities; Conception: precedents and provocations; Creation: the mission; Responses in Spain to Taylor's mission and the Galerie Espagnole; The Spanish galleries: the Museo Nacional and Museos Provinciales; Rethinking the visual legacy of the Galerie Espagnole; Closing thoughts; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Material Women 17501950
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Taylor & Francis Women and Things 17501950
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Taylor & Francis The Court Art of Friedrich Sustris
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Taylor & Francis spacetimenarrative the exhibition as postspectacular stage
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Taylor & Francis Museums and Design Education
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Taylor & Francis Museums Heritage and Indigenous Voice
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Taylor & Francis Industrial Heritage Sites in Transformation
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Taylor & Francis The Making of Heritage
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Taylor & Francis Creating Heritage
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Taylor & Francis Queering the Museum
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Taylor & Francis Museums as Cultures of Copies
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Taylor & Francis Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age
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Taylor & Francis Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age
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Taylor & Francis Global Trends in Museum Diplomacy
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Taylor & Francis Heritage after Conflict
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Taylor & Francis Paraphernalia Victorian Objects
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Taylor & Francis Historical Archaeology and Heritage in the Middle East
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Taylor & Francis Cultural Heritage in the Arabian Peninsula
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Taylor & Francis Museums and Higher Education Working Together Challenges and Opportunities
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Taylor & Francis Education Values and Ethics in International Heritage
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Taylor & Francis Engaging the Senses ObjectBased Learning in Higher Education
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Taylor & Francis Heritage Democracy and the Public
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Taylor & Francis Libraries Archives and Museums in Transition
Book SynopsisIn this anthology, top scholars researching libraries, archives, and museums (LAM) issues in Scandinavia explore pressing issues for contemporary LAMs.In recent decades, relations between libraries, archives, and museums have changed rapidly: collections have been digitized; books, documents, and objects have been mixed in new ways; and LAMs have picked up new tasks in response to external changes. Libraries now host makerspaces and literary workshops, archives fight climate change and support indigenous people, and museums are used as instruments for economic growth and urban planning. At first glance, the described changes may appear as a divergent development, where the LAMs are growing apart. However, this book demonstrates that the present transformation of LAMs is primarily a convergent development.Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Transition will be essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners seeking to get on top of the LAM liTable of Contents1. Introduction: libraries, archives, and museums in transition, Part I: Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Scandinavia: History and Policy, 2. Library history of the Scandinavian countries, 3. The history of archives in Scandinavia, 4. A concise history of museums in Scandinavia, 5. LAMs as objects of knowledge and cultural policy: developing synergies, Part II: LAMs and Collections, 6. Do collections still constitute libraries, archives, and museums?, 7. Curating collections in LAMs, 8. Knowledge organization in LAMs, Part III: Challenges for LAMs in the 21st Century, 9. The impact of digitalization on LAMs, 10. Digital communication in LAMs, 11. Learning, literacy, and education in LAMs, 12. LAMs and the participatory turn, 13. Contemporary Scandinavian LAMs and legitimacy, 14. LAMs and community: deepening connections, 15. LAMs as activists? Dilemmas between neutrality and taking a stand, 16. Pursuing sustainable futures through LAMs, Part IV: Conclusion, 17. Differences and similarities between LAMs, and their pursuit of commons challenges
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Punching Up in StandUp Comedy
Book SynopsisPunching Up in Stand-Up Comedy explores the new forms, voices and venues of stand-up comedy in different parts of the world and its potential role as a counterhegemonic tool for satire, commentary and expression of identity especially for the disempowered or marginalised.The title brings together essays and perspectives on stand-up and satire from different cultural and political contexts across the world which raise pertinent issues regarding its role in contemporary times, especially with the increased presence of OTT platforms and internet penetration that allows for easy access to this art form. It examines the theoretical understanding of the different aspects of the humour, aesthetics and politics of stand-up comedy, as well as the exploration of race, gender, politics and conflicts, urban culture and LGBTQ+ identities in countries such as Indonesia, Finland, France, Iran, Italy, Morocco, India and the USA. It also asks the question whether, along with contestiTrade Review‘The current times are such that one must stand up and be counted, stare straight into the eyes of the nefarious powers that be, throw punchlines well above one's weight, and laugh out loud. And this is what this very timely book teaches and beseeches us to do. A must-read for all those who, even in these grim times, believe that truth must be spoken to power, and that too with a smile, nay a guffaw!’—Professor Saugata Bhaduri, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.‘This intricate analysis of punching up is timely and fascinating. The contributors use diverse methods and approaches to explore what it means to punch up across a range of contexts. The international focus is particularly welcome, with discussion of both established stand-up comedy scenes and more recent additions to stand-up’s increasingly global presence. A brilliant book.’—Dr Sophie Quirk, University of Kent, UK."The current times are such that one must stand up and be counted, stare straight into the eyes of the nefarious powers that be, throw punchlines well above one's weight, and laugh out loud. And this is what this very timely book teaches and beseeches us to do. A must-read for all those who, even in these grim times, believe that truth must be spoken to power, and that too with a smile, nay a guffaw!"Professor Saugata Bhaduri, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India"This intricate analysis of punching up is timely and fascinating. The contributors use diverse methods and approaches to explore what it means to punch up across a range of contexts. The international focus is particularly welcome, with discussion of both established stand-up comedy scenes and more recent additions to stand-up’s increasingly global presence. A brilliant book."Dr Sophie Quirk, University of Kent, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I Punching In and Punching Up: Origins, Limits and Possibilities 1 The History of Moroccan Stand-Up Comedy: From Storytelling to Charged Humour; 2 Standing Up for Speaking Up: Stand-Up Comedy in the Indonesian Context; 3 The Jamel Comedy Club: (Mis)understanding Stand-Up Comedy’s Relationship with Urban Culture in France; 4 Stand-Up Comedy as Escape: Caste and Media Infrastructure in Mumbai; 5 Voices from the Comedy Contact Zone: Regarding Performative Strategies Toward Race and the Transnational Body; Part II Gendered Experiences and Stand-Up Comedy 6 Humour as Antihistamine in the Discourse of Persian Stand-Up Comedy: Female Stand-Up Comedians in Iran; 7 Asserting Cultural Citizenship through Situated Comedy: Female Comedians in India; 8 Notes on Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, Adorno’s Kulturindustrie and Feminism; Part III Comics and the Audience: Connections, Ethics and Efficacy? 9 Awkward Connections: Stand-Up Comedy as Affective Arrangement; 10 The Revolution Will Be a Joke: Semiotic Ideologies of Ethics and Efficacy in Stand-Up Comedy; 11 Standing Up for a Cause: The Cathartic and Persuasive Power of Stand-Up Comedy; 12 Which Direction Do We Punch? The Powers and Perils of Humour against the New Conspiracism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Mediation for Museums
Book SynopsisThis book presents an innovative application of strategic and experiential marketing in the museum sector, which uses a new cultural mediation model to enrich the visitor experience via increased audience engagement.Leveraging a case study of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Arts in Rome, the book helps readers understand how to apply marketing management to cultural mediation, enabling museums to segment the visitors' market to drive improvements to arts accessibility and engagement. By running a comprehensive and multi-method research project, the authors propose a customized cultural mediation model to support museums in facing the current challenges and build their future. Our model supports museums in segmenting the visitors' market and designing cultural mediation for enriched visitor experiences; readers will also learn how to invest, manage, hire, and train staff members devoted to this service, resulting in more engaging and successful experiencTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Audience engagement, its drivers, and its implications for museum cultural mediation 3. Museum cultural mediation: from competences to best practices 4. Understanding the visitor value of museum cultural mediation 5. The customized model of museum cultural mediation 6. Museum cultural mediation as transformative museum experience
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Taylor & Francis Insights from Visitor Studies
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Taylor & Francis ObjectBased Learning and WellBeing
Book SynopsisObject-Based Learning and Well-Being provides the first explicit analysis of the combined learning and well-being benefits of working with material culture and curated collections. Following on from the widely acclaimed Engaging the Senses, this volume explicitly explores the connection between the value of material culture for both learning and well-being. Bringing together experts and practitioners from eight countries on four continents, the book analyses the significance of curated collections for structured cultural interventions that may bring both educational and well-being benefits. Topics covered include the role of material culture in relation to mental health; sensory impairments; and general student and teacher well-being. Contributors also consider how collections can be employed to positively address questions of identity and belonging relating to marginalisation, colonialism and forced displacement. Object-Based Learning and Well-Being shTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Pedagogic Prescription: art and design teaching practice and object-based wellbeing; 3. Challenging the self in the museum: examining the development of professional identity and professional wellbeing for contrasting cohorts of clinical and public health students; 4. Inclusive Memory: How to promote social inclusion, wellbeing and critical thinking skills within a museum context; 5. Teaching colonial entanglements: indigenous art as a decolonising strategy; 6. Developing Real Attachments through Virtual Means: examining relations between Cultural Belongings, Digital Connections and Community Well-being; 7. Facilitating student engagement: supporting learning and wellbeing through university museum collections and spaces; 8. Learning and Wellbeing through Objects and Collections in Art Psychotherapy; 9. The Happy Teacher: a Critical Exploration of the Joys of Object Based Learning and Teaching in Higher Education; 10. Experiential and Object-Based Learning in Nature; 11. Getting to Grips with Difficult Histories in Medical Museums; 12. Preserved heritage: Stories and objects for mental health patients; 13. Object-Based Learning Training for Community Leaders
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The New Curator Exhibiting Architecture and
Book SynopsisThe New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture and Design examines the challenges inherent in exhibiting design ideas. Traditionally, exhibitions of architecture and design have predominantly focused on displaying finished outcomes or communicating a work through representation.In this ground-breaking new book, Fleur Watson unveils the emergence of the new curator'. Instead of exhibiting finished works or artefacts, the rise of performative curation' provides a space where experimental methods for encountering design ideas are being tested. Here, the role of the curator is not that of custodian' or expert' but with the intent to create a shared space of encounter with audiences.To illustrate this phenomenon, the book explores a diverse, international range of exhibitions. Divided into six themes, a series of project profiles are contextualized through conversations with influential curators and cultural producers such as Paola Antonelli, Kayoko Ota, MiTrade Review“At a time of unprecedented interest in design and architecture, experimenting with new approaches to curation is more important than ever. In this timely and incisive book, Fleur Watson deftly maps the terrain while enabling design and architecture curators from all over the world to describe their practices in their own words.”Alice Rawsthorn, author of Design as an Attitude“If the traditional curator squirrels away and the acknowledged curator beavers away, well, Fleur Watson is a veritable sniffer dog who knows just when, where and how to pounce. The book is cosmopolitan and fearless in amassing both evidence and anecdote to suggest that curating is a creative as well as a coercive activity. In particular her sensitivity to place, context and appropriate action is fascinating.”Sir Peter Cook, Architect, CRAB Studio, co-founder of ArchigramTable of ContentsForeword: Deyan Sudjic Introduction: Fleur Watson 1. Design as Exhibit: (Curator as Space-maker) 2. The Prosthetic: (Curator as Interloper) 3. The Mediator of Process / Research: (Curator as Translator) 4. The Hybrid to the Digital: (Curator as Speculator) 5. The Advocate/Activist: (Curator as Agent) 6. The Event as Performance: (Curator as Dramaturge) Conclusion: The New Curator: Towards a Specialised Practice Afterword: Professor Leon van Schaik AO Selected Bibliography Credits and Acknowledgements Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Urban Heritage in Divided Cities
Book SynopsisUrban Heritage in Divided Cities explores the role of contested urban heritage in mediating, subverting and overcoming sociopolitical conflict in divided cities. Investigating various examples of transformations of urban heritage around the world, the book analyses the spatial, social and political causes behind them, as well as the consequences for the division and reunification of cities during both wartime and peacetime conflicts.Contributors to the volume define urban heritage in a broad sense, as tangible elements of the city, such as ruins, remains of border architecture, traces of violence in public space and memorials, as well as intangible elements like urban voids, everyday rituals, place names and other forms of spatial discourse. Addressing both historic and contemporary cases from a wide range of academic disciplines, contributors to the book investigate the role of urban heritage in divided cities in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle EasTable of Contents1. CONTESTED PASTS IN DIVIDED CITIES: INTRODUCTION; Part I: TRANSFORMATIONS OF HERITAGE AS ‘CONFLICT BY OTHER MEANS’; 2. HERITAGE NECROPOLITICS AND THE CAPTURE OF HEBRON: THE LOGIC OF CLOSURE, FEAR, HUMILIATION AND ELIMINATION; 3. CONTESTED HERITAGE-MAKING AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ETHNIC DIVISION: MITROVICA, KOSOVO; 4. NICOSIA HOTSPOT: VISUALITIES OF MEMORY AND HERITAGE IN THE GREEK CYPRIOT URBAN SPACE; 5. LEFKOSA VS. LEFKOSIA: THE HERITAGE OF CONFLICT; 6. THE DIVISION OF ALEPPO CITY: HERITAGE AND URBAN SPACE; Part II: SEGREGATED HERITAGE; 7. DIVIDED HISTORIES OF THE PACIFIC WAR: REVISITING "CHANGI’S" (POST)COLONIAL HERITAGE; 8. HERITAGE OF INCLUSION OR EXCLUSION? CONTESTED CLAIMS AND ACCESS TO HOUSING IN AMRITSAR, INDIA; 9. SEGREGATION, GENTRIFICATION AND HERITAGE IN FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA: A PRESERVATION PERSPECTIVE; 10. HERITAGE AS A MEDIATOR OF SOCIO-SPATIAL SEGREGATION: CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, COLOMBIA; Part III: DEALING WITH CONTESTED HERITAGE; 11. AN ISLAND IN SECTARIAN SEAS? HERITAGE, MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN POST-WAR REDEVELOPMENT OF BEIRUT’S CENTRAL DISTRICT; 12. ENTREPRENEURIAL HERITAGE-MAKING IN POST-WALL BERLIN: THE CASE OF NEW POTSDAMER PLATZ; 13. DEALING WITH THE SPATIAL REMNANTS OF CONFLICT IN BELFAST: THE ANDERSONSTOWN BARRACKS SITE IN WEST BELFAST; 14. PERFORMING IMAGINARY HEALINGS: THE POST-CONFLICT HERITAGE OF EBRINGTON BARRACKS; 15. CONTESTED COLLECTIVE MEMORY IN THE SEGREGATED CITY OF CAPE TOWN
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shoah Presence Architectural Representations of
Book SynopsisThrough the analysis of several commemorative acts in space, matter and image, namely museums and memorials, this book reflects on the ways in which architecture as a discipline, a practice and a discourse represents the Holocaust. In doing so, it problematises how one presents an extreme historical case in a contemporary context and integrates the historical into actuality. By examining several cases, the book defines the issues faced by various architects who dealt with this topic and discusses their separate and distinctive approaches. In each case, it analyses the ways in which the cultural and political contexts of commemoration led to a different interpretation of the condition. Focusing on the Ghetto Fighters' House, the world's first Holocaust museum; Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem; the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington; and the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, the book discusses how the representation of history by architecture creates a Trade Review'In this personal, yet deeply learned exploration of Holocaust commemoration on the cusp of "new media," Eran Neuman examines an age when physical memorials and architectural representation of Holocaust memory become something else altogether. Shoah Presence: Architectural Representations of the Holocaust is a sensitive meditation on the ways aesthetic spaces in the landscape conjure internal memory spaces within us.' James E. Young, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA ’This book studies Holocaust museums on the premise that their location away from the site of trauma poses an intriguing set of representational, philosophical and even political problems. Neuman’s brilliant and thorough analysis brings the reader into the heart of the multi-layered contestations about what architecture should or should not do in these contexts.’ Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: Holocaust Commemoration and Architectural Representation; Chapter 1 Dwelling in Monumentality: Presence and Memory in the Ghetto Fighters’ Kibbutz; Chapter 2 Monumental Holocaust Landscapes at Yad Vashem; Chapter 3 “The Events you are about to Experience are Real”: Authenticity at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum; Chapter 4 Diagramming Memory: Peter Eisenman’s Holocaust Memorial in Berlin; epi Epilogue: Presencing the Holocaust;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Uncertain Images Museums and the Work of
Book SynopsisAlmost all museums hold photographs in their collections, and museum professionals and their audiences engage with photographs in a myriad of ways. Yet despite some three decades of critical museology and photographic theory, and an extensive debate on the politics of representation, outside art museums, almost no critical attention has been given specifically to the roles, purposes and lives of these photographs within museums. This book brings into focus the ubiquitous yet entirely unconsidered work that photographs are put to in museums. The authors'' argument is that there is an economy of photographs in museums which is integral to the processes of the museum, and integral to the understanding of museums. The international contributors, drawn from curators and academics, reflect a range of visual and museological expertise. After an introduction setting out the range of questions and problems, the first part addresses broad curatorial strategies and ways of thinking about phTrade Review’This most needed volume represents a highly inspiring investigation into the role of photography as object and tool of representation in museums and archives today. Through a comprehensive selection of contributions by an interdisciplinary variety of authors - all drawing on hands-on experience - this volume fills up a void in photography and cultural studies. It is a must-read for everyone working with the materiality and meaning of photography.’ Mette Sandbye, University of Copenhagen, Denmark ’We have been needing a book like this for a long time. Looking at what photographs do, and could do, in museums, it beautifully fills a gap that has for too long stayed open in the literature on museums, museum practice, representation and photographs. On these pages we see photographs as acts of remembrance, as haunting, as absent, as representational forms and as much more besides. And throughout, this essential new volume not only explores the work of photographs in museums, but also makes a significant contribution to far wider debates on the processes of representation.’ Sandra Dudley, University of Leicester, UKTable of ContentsList of Figures, Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, The Affective Photograph, Curatorial Strategies 1: Working Images, Curatorial Strategies 2: Photographi Art Works, Curatorial Strategies 3: Contested Stories, Working In The Real World, Digital Environments and Photograph Collections, Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd British Art for Australia 18601953
Book SynopsisTraditional postcolonial scholarship on art and imperialism emphasises tensions between colonising cores and subjugated peripheries. The ties between London and British white settler colonies have been comparatively neglected. Artworks not only reveal the controlling intentions of imperialist artists in their creation but also the uses to which they were put by others in their afterlives. In many cases they were used to fuel contests over cultural identity which expose a mixture of rifts and consensuses within the British ranks which were frequently assumed to be homogeneous. British Art for Australia, 1860â1953: The Acquisition of Artworks from the United Kingdom by Australian National Galleries represents the first systematic and comparative study of collecting British art in Australia between 1860 and 1953 using the archives of the Australian national galleries and other key Australian and UK institutions. Multiple audiences in the disciplines of art history, cultural histTrade Review"British Art for Australia makes a valuable contribution to the histories of Australian art collecting and Anglo-Australian cultural identity. In addition to enriching an understanding of Australian galleries, it will also provide a useful point of comparison for studies investigating the collections development of institutions in other former British settler societies, such as Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. Potter’s study is well supported by extensive archival research."--Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide"The book provides a nuanced reading that contributes to our understanding of the complexities of cultural exchange that underpinned the development of the British collections of Australia’s state galleries."--The Burlington Magazine"Potter is thorough in his documentation of how British artworks contained monarchist and imperialist meanings, with depictions of dramatic historical and military events, which were attractive to self-appointed trustees and self-chosen benefactors of the galleries who came from conservative empire-loyalist civic and business elites. ... Potter makes an original contribution to our art history when he explores how the preferences of the galleries as to what artworks were to be acquired were influenced by debates in Australia."--Australian Historical Studies"Matthew Potter’s British Art for Australia contests the still prevalent view that Australia was a "dumping ground" for unfashionable and second-rate British art from the Victorian period until the middle of the twentieth century, when Australia was finally confident enough in its own cultural identity to consign these embarrassing purchases to storage. Instead, Potter argues convincingly that Australian cultural institutions actively sought out the best the British art world had to offer even though they were often constrained by issues of distance and cost, but certainly neither by retardataire taste nor lock-tugging acquiescence to metropolitan dictates."--Art History"The volume summarizes an enormous amount of detailed archival research that draws upon the national gallery archives and includes annual and trustee reports, newspapers, and journals, as well as other more general accounts. This provides an invaluable reference for those in the field ... Potter is to be commended for producing an extensively researched, thought-provoking, and convincing account of the previously overlooked area of acquisitions of British art for Australia."--Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsChapter One: British Art for Australia, 1860-1953: An IntroductionChapter Two: ‘Work that would meet the taste of the Colonists’: British art for Antipodean BritonsChapter Three: ‘The civilization of the people’: Australian national galleries and civic humanismChapter Four: ‘A more extended area for English art’: The British world and the imperial art market Chapter Five: ‘The best equipped agent, with as free a hand’: advisors and selectors of British art for AustraliaChapter Six: ‘A Sop to Cerberus’: Collecting the British Old Masters in AustraliaChapter Seven: ‘One of the many Colonial Delusions’: Australian national galleries and British Landscape PaintingChapter Eight: ‘No highly desirable Pre-Raphaelite picture should be spared from home’: the antipodean pursuit of a British acmeChapter Nine: ‘The gap that is steadily widening’: the acquisition of ‘insular’ British Modernism by Australian national galleries, 1900-1953Chapter Ten: Conclusions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Museums in Arabia
Book SynopsisMuseum activity has, in recent years, undergone major and rapid development in the Arabian Peninsula, with the regeneration of existing museums as well as the establishment of new ones. Alongside such rapid expansion, questions are inevitably raised as to the new challenges museums face in this region and whether the museum, as a central focus of heritage preservation, also runs the risk of overshadowing local forms of heritage performance and preservation. With contributions from leading academics from a range of disciplines and heritage practitioners with first-hand experience of working in the region, this volume addresses the issues and challenges facing museums in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen and the UAE. It focuses on the themes of politics, public engagement and the possibility of a new museum paradigm which might appropriately reflect the interests and culture of the region. The interdisciplinary approaches analyse museum development from both an inside and outside perspeTrade Review'Greatly expanding the literature on museums and practice in the Gulf, this book explores timely research and emerging avenues of inquiry in this fast developing field. Drawn from across the region the contributions offer insight into aspects of museum practice and audiences which have not been available before - a must read for those in museums in the region and anyone interested in international museum practice.' Pamela Erskine-Loftus, Northwestern University in Qatar, State of QatarTable of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: Questions of Globalisation, Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula2. Building Nations in a Modern Middle East3. Staging Identity in a Globalised World4. Universal Art Museums in the Arabian Peninsula5. Knowledge Production in the Realm of Culture6. ‘We are not people of the city’: Narratives of Purity and Exclusion7. Oil, Conflict and Memory in the Arabian Peninsula: Private Collections and Museums8. ‘... [T]his shifting present which we call the future’
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Montmartre Pariss Village of Art and Sin Great
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Last Wild Men of Borneo
Book SynopsisA 2019 EDGAR AWARDS NOMINEE (BEST FACT CRIME) • A BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK AWARDS FINALISTTwo modern adventurers sought a treasure possessed by the legendary “Wild Men of Borneo.” One found riches. The other vanished forever into an endless jungle. Had he shed civilization—or lost his mind? Global headlines suspected murder. Lured by these mysteries, New York Times bestselling author Carl Hoffman journeyed to find the truth, discovering that nothing is as it seems in the world’s last Eden, where the lines between sinner and saint blur into one.In 1984, Swiss traveler Bruno Manser joined an expedition to the Mulu caves on Borneo, the planet’s third largest island. There he slipped into the forest interior to make contact with the Penan, an indigenous tribe of peace-loving nomads living among the Dayak people, the fabled “Headhunters of Borneo.” Bruno lived for years with
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Last Wild Men of Borneo
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Museum of Whales You Will Never See
Book SynopsisAs the author takes us on a wise and whimsical journey through a cabinet of curiosities, she shows the mysterious human impulse to collect and how these items can map a people?s past and future, their fears and obsessions, in this poetic tribute to the museums of the otherworldly island nation of Iceland. Illustrations.
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Routledge Material Cultures CoPublicati
Book SynopsisA collection of case studies which move from the domestic sphere to the global arena, this work includes examinations of the soundscape produced by home radios, catalogue shopping, the role of paper in the workplace, and the relation between the production and consumption of Coca-Cola in Trinidad.
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Where to Go When The Americas
Book SynopsisWhen''s the best time to visit New York City? When are the Canadian Rockies at their most beautiful? When is the perfect time to go wildlife-spotting in Patagonia? Turn the pages of this beautiful book and you''ll find the answers to all these questions - and more.With chapters covering every month of the year, Where to Go When The Americas highlights the perfect time to visit 100 of the Americas'' favourite places - from the frosty fringes of Canada to idyllic Caribbean isles, the vibrant cities of Central America to the epic landscapes of South America. Inside, you''ll find ideas for every traveller, whether you want to celebrate national festivals, go surfing along wild coastlines or witness spectacular desert blooms. We''ve included bucket-list trips for new explorers and lesser-known experiences for seasoned travellers, tooExtensively revised and completely redesigned, this new edition features beautiful photography, helpful practical tips and alte
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd Seoul Like a Local
Book SynopsisKeen to explore a different side of Seoul? Like a Local is the book for you.This isn''t your ordinary travel guide. You won''t find N Seoul Tower or K-Star Road in these pages, because that''s not where Seoulites hang out. Instead, you''ll meet the locals at raucous barbecue joints, forward-thinking galleries and underground music dens - and that''s where this book takes you.Turn the pages to discover:- The small businesses and community strongholds that add character to this vibrant city, recommended by true locals.- 6 themed walking tours dedicated to specific experiences such as flea markets and movie theatres.- A beautiful gift book for anyone seeking to explore Seoul.- Helpful ''what3word'' addresses, so you can pinpoint all the listed sights.Compiled by four proud Seoulites, this stylish travel guide is packed with Seoul''s best experiences and hidden spots, handily categorised to suit your mood and needs.Whethe
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DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Costa Rica Guía Visual
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DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) New York City Guía Visual DK New York City
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WW Norton & Co Treasures of Britain The Architectural Cultural
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Random House USA Inc Blind Spot
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Penguin Putnam Inc Around the World in 80 Books
Book SynopsisA transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them *Featured in the Chicago Tribune''s Great 2021 Fall Book Preview * One of Smithsonian Magazine''s Ten Best Books About Travel of 2021*Inspired by Jules Verne’s hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard University’s department of comparative literature and founder of Harvard’s Institute for World Literature, set out to counter a pandemic’s restrictions on travel by exploring eighty exceptional books from around the globe. Following a literary itinerary from London to Venice, Tehran and points beyond, and via authors from Woolf and Dante to Nobel Prize–winners Orhan Pamuk, Wole Soyinka, Mo Yan, and Olga Tokarczuk, he explores how these works have shaped our idea of the world, and the ways in which the world bleeds into literature. To chart the expansive landscape of world literature today, Damrosch explores how writers live in two very different worlds: the world of their personal experience and the world of books that have enabled great writers to give shape and meaning to their lives. In his literary cartography, Damrosch includes compelling contemporary works as well as perennial classics, hard-bitten crime fiction as well as haunting works of fantasy, and the formative tales that introduce us as children to the world we’re entering. Taken together, these eighty titles offer us fresh perspective on enduring problems, from the social consequences of epidemics to the rising inequality that Thomas More designed Utopia to combat, as well as the patriarchal structures within and against which many of these books’ heroines have to struggle—from the work of Murasaki Shikibu a millennium ago to Margaret Atwood today. Around the World in 80 Books is a global invitation to look beyond ourselves and our surroundings, and to see our world and its literature in new ways.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Oh My Mother
Book Synopsis“Humorous, endearing, and intimate.” —TIME“Mother and daughter relationships are always tricky but this peripatetic pair has outdone all of us with this most excellent adventure written by my namesake, author Connie Wang.” —Connie ChungA dazzling mother-daughter adventure around the world in pursuit of self-discovery, a family reckoning, and Asian American defianceIn Chinese, the closest expression to oh my god is wo de ma ya. It’s an interjection, a polite expletive, something to say when you’re out of words. Translated literally, it means oh my mother—the instinctual first person you think of when you’re on the cusp of losing it, or putting it all together.In each essay of this hilarious, heartfelt, and pitch-perfectly honest memoir, journalist Connie Wang explores her complicated relationship to her stubborn and charismatic mother, Qing Li, through the
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