Colonialism and the Object: Empire, Material Culture and the Museum - Brossura

Flynn, Tom; Barringer, Tim

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415157765 ISBN 13: 9780415157766

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1997

Riassunto

Drawing together intensive case studies from an international group of scholars, the editors explore the impact of colonial contact with other cultures on the material culture of both the colonized and the imperial nation.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Tim Barringer is a lecturer in History of Art at the University of Birmingham, following earlier positions at Birbeck College, University of London and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Tom Flynn is a freelance art historian and writer. He is currently completing a book on sculpture and the body.

Contenuti:

1. Introduction  Part 1:  2. The South Kensington Museum and the Colonial Project  3. Chinese Material Culture and British Perceptions of China in the Mid-Nineteenth Century   4. China in Britain: The Imperial Collections  5. Colonial Architecture, International Exhibitions and Official Patronage of the Indian Artisan: The Case of a Gateway from Gwalior in the Victoria and Albert Museum  6. Stylistic Hybridity and Colonial Art and Design Education: A Wooden Carved Screen by Ram Singh  7. Race, Authenticity and Colonialism: A 'Mustice' Silversmith in Philadelphia and St. Croix, 1783-1850  8. Domesticating Uzbeks: Central Asians in Soviet Decorative Arts of the Twenties and Thirties  9. Keys to the Magic Kingdom: The Gallery of Transcultural Arts in Bradford  Part 2: 10. Perspectives on Hinemihi - A Maori Meeting House  11. Maori Vision and the Imperialist Gaze  12. Gathering Souls and Objects: Missionary Collections  13. Photography at the Heart of Darkness: Herbert Lang's Congo Photographs (1909-15)  14. Taming the Tusk: Belgian Decorative Arts and the Promotion of Ivory as a Colonial Commodity at the 1897 Brussels International Exhibition  Bibliography  Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0415157765
• ISBN 13: 9780415157766
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 240