Breaking new ground in its analysis of our relationship to the material world, On Collecting examines the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living within the European tradition elsewhere.
Gathering objects together is a universal human custom, yet every society collects in different ways. Susan Pearce looks at the way we collect and what this tells us about ourselves and our society. She also explores the psychology of collecting:
Why do we bestow value on certain objects?
How does this add meaning to our lives?
Do men and...
Breaking new ground in its analysis of our relationship to the material world, On Collecting examines the nature of collecting both in Eur...
On Collecting examines the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living within the European tradition elsewhere. Susan Pearce looks at the way we collect and what this tells us about ourselves and our society. She also explores the psychology of collecting: why do we bestow value on certain objects and how does this add meaning to our lives? Do men and women collect differently? How do we use objects to construct our identity? This book breaks new ground in its analysis of our relationship to the material world.
On Collecting examines the nature of collecting both in Europe and among people living within the European tradition elsewhere. Susan Pear...
This volume brings together for the first time the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections and examines how people relate to material culture and why they collect things.
The first section of the book discusses the interpretation of objects, setting the philosophical and historical context of object interpretation. Papers are included which discuss objects variously as historical documents, functioning material, and as semiotic texts, as well as those which examine the politics of objects and the methodology of object study.
The second...
This volume brings together for the first time the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections and examines how people...
Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. These key texts open the investigation and appreciation of museum history. The author chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a philsophical approach to the sphere of natural history in relation to museums. Similarly, Acland and Ruskin discuss and explore the relationships of art and architecture to museums.
Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. These key texts open the investigation and appreciation of museum history. The author ...
Displaying art in museum galleries is more complex than it used to be. This book aims to canvass past and contemporary problems of cultural representation and of the relationship between the artist, the museum and society. It aims to explore issues relating to audiences for art, and the role of galleries in these and other debates. Topics discussed include: display, cultural representation, the artist and society, museums and the art market.
Displaying art in museum galleries is more complex than it used to be. This book aims to canvass past and contemporary problems of cultural representa...
This text highlights the significance of collecting in relation to the cultural process, contemporary attitudes to material culture, and collecting as postmodern activity.
This text highlights the significance of collecting in relation to the cultural process, contemporary attitudes to material culture, and collecting as...
This text highlights the significance of collecting in relation to the cultural process, contemporary attitudes to material culture, and collecting as postmodern activity.
This text highlights the significance of collecting in relation to the cultural process, contemporary attitudes to material culture, and collecting as...
