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Author |
: Dan Hicks |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1786806835 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781786806833 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Brutish Museums by : Dan Hicks
Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objectsare all stolen. Few artefacts embody this history of rapacious and extractive colonialism better than the Benin Bronzes - a collection of thousands of brass plaques and carved ivory tusks depicting the history of the Royal Court of the Obas of BeninCity, Nigeria. Pillaged during a British naval attack in 1897, the loot was passed on to Queen Victoria, the British Museum and countless private collections. The story of the Benin Bronzes sits at the heart of a heated debate about cultural restitution, repatriation and the decolonisation of museums. In The Brutish Museums, Dan Hicks makes a powerful case for the urgent return of such objects, as part of a wider project of addressing the outstanding debt of colonialism.
Author |
: David Mackenzie Wilson |
Publisher |
: Peoples of the Past |
Total Pages |
: 454 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015052300509 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis The British Museum by : David Mackenzie Wilson
The British Museum is the oldest publicly funded museum in the world. This volume tells the story of the collections, the buildings that house them, and the people who have administered and curated them since its foundation in 1753.
Author |
: Ian Dennis Jenkins |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 152 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674026926 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674026926 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Parthenon Sculptures by : Ian Dennis Jenkins
The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivaled examples of classical Greek art, an inspiration to artists and writers since their creation in the fifth century bce. A superb visual introduction to these wonders of antiquity, this book offers a photographic tour of the most famous of the surviving sculptures from ancient Greece, viewed within their cultural and art-historical context. Ian Jenkins offers an account of the history of the Parthenon and its architectural refinements. He introduces the sculptures as architecture--pediments, metopes, Ionic frieze--and provides an overview of their subject matter and possible meaning for the people of ancient Athens. Accompanying photographs focus on the pediment sculptures that filled the triangular gables at each end of the temple; the metopes that crowned the architrave surmounting the outer columns; and the frieze that ran around the four sides of the building, inside the colonnade. Comparative images, showing the sculptures in full and fine detail, bring out particular features of design and help to contrast Greek ideas with those of other cultures. The book further reflects on how, over 2,500 years, the cultural identity of the Parthenon sculptures has changed. In particular, Jenkins expands on the irony of our intimate knowledge and appreciation of the sculptures--a relationship far more intense than that experienced by their ancient, intended spectators--as they have been transformed from architectural ornaments into objects of art.
Author |
: Pippa Goodhart |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 32 |
Release |
: 2021-03-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1788005503 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781788005500 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis British Museum: This Or That? by : Pippa Goodhart
Captivating picture book filled with hundreds of amazing artefacts - what will you choose at the British Museum?
Author |
: Venetia Porter |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674062183 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674062184 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hajj by : Venetia Porter
The Hajj is the largest pilgrimage in the world today and a sacred duty for all Muslims. With contributions from renowned experts, this book opens out onto the full sweep of the Hajj: as a sacred path walked by early Islamic devotees, as a sumptuous site of worship under the care of sultans, and as an expression of faith in the modern world.
Author |
: Juliet Clutton-Brock |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 100 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0714117587 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780714117584 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis The British Museum Book of Cats by : Juliet Clutton-Brock
Sometimes a friendly fireside companion, more often elusive and independent, the cat possesses an enigmatic appeal and unfathomable mystery, which have inspired writers poets, artists and craftsmen alike from the illuminations of the Lindisfarne Gospels to Rudyard Kipling.
Author |
: British Museum |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 071415105X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780714151052 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Synopsis Masterpieces of the British Museum by : British Museum
This new and updated edition includes many recent acquisitions and new discoveries, such as Picasso's stunning Vollard Suite and the intriguing Vale of York Viking hoard, and showcases a selection of more than 250 of the most beautiful and important objects drawn from across the Museum. Each object is presented with its own fascinating story and is strikingly illustrated in full colour. From the Warren Cup to Durers Rhinoceros, the Lewis Chessmen to the Aztec turquoise serpent and the Gayer-Anderson Cat, the iconic objects of the British Museum are here presented in an exciting and accessible new way, highlighting the superb craftsmanship and ingenuity of those who created each of these splendid pieces.
Author |
: Dorothy Thickett |
Publisher |
: British Museum Press |
Total Pages |
: 42 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112070818437 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Selection of Materials for the Storage Or Display of Museum Objects by : Dorothy Thickett
There is little point in conserving an object if the storage conditions to which it is to be returned contributed to its deterioration. This book presents the full range of tests, for materials used in constructing storage and display areas, which are used at the British museum and describes standard procedures for carrying them out. It is a valuable source of information for curators, conservators and designers and will enable those with access to relatively basic equipment to carry out their own tests.
Author |
: Timothy Clark |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2021-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0714124893 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780714124896 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hokusai: the Great Picture Book of Everything by : Timothy Clark
This beautifully produced book draws on the latest research, illustrating the complete set of drawings, published for the first time.
Author |
: David Lodge |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 189 |
Release |
: 2012-07-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781446496688 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1446496686 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis The British Museum Is Falling Down by : David Lodge
The British Museum is Falling Down is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. First published in 1965, it tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on 'Vatican roulette' to avoid a fourth child.