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The Lives of the Objects: Collecting Design - Rilegato

Hunt, Tristram

 
9781851779727: The Lives of the Objects: Collecting Design
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ISBN 10: 1851779728 ISBN 13: 9781851779727
Casa editrice: V & A Publications, 2019

Sinossi

In this intriguing insight into the work and history of a museum, V&A director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt brings together ten renowned V&A curators to tell the stories behind ten of their most treasured objects. 

'Tipu's Tiger' (an almost life-size wooden semi-automaton mauling a European soldier), the 'Great Bed of Ware' (an Elizabethan bed for 8 people) and a Shakespeare First Folio are among the featured highlights whose route to the V&A collections are entertainingly revealed. Through these stories, this insightful history of museum curation - a world of careful study and sometimes remarkable fortuity - shows how the priorities of a museum are shaped and change over time. Published to explore in more depth some of the stories featured in the BBC six part series Secrets of the Museum.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Tristram Hunt is director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. A former member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central, he is the author of several books on British history.
 

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In this intriguing insight into the work and history of a museum, V&A director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt brings together ten renowned V&A curators to tell the stories behind ten of their most treasured objects. ‘Tipu’s Tiger’ (an almost life-size wooden semi-automaton mauling a European soldier), the ‘Great Bed of Ware’ (an Elizabethan bed for 8 people) and a Shakespeare First Folio are among the featured highlights whose route to the V&A collections are entertainingly revealed.

Through these stories, this insightful history of museum curation – a world of careful study and sometimes remarkable fortuity – shows how the priorities of a museum are shaped and change over time.

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Editore
V & A Publications
Data di pubblicazione
2019
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1851779728
ISBN 13 
9781851779727
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
272
Contatto del produttore
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