Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Sarah Anne Carter, Ivan Gaskell
Tangible Things
Making History Through Objects
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Sarah Anne Carter, Ivan Gaskell
Tangible Things
Making History Through Objects
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Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University, Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past.
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Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University, Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past.
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Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
- Seitenzahl: 280
- Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 254mm x 179mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 686g
- ISBN-13: 9780199382286
- ISBN-10: 019938228X
- Artikelnr.: 47864840
- Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
- Seitenzahl: 280
- Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 254mm x 179mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 686g
- ISBN-13: 9780199382286
- ISBN-10: 019938228X
- Artikelnr.: 47864840
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich taught for fifteen years at University of New Hampshire before moving to Harvard in 1995. She is the author of many books and articles on early American history including A Midwife's Tale, which won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1991, and The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth. Sarah Anne Carter is the curator of the Chipstone Foundation and the Chipstone Fellow in Material Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was previously a lecturer on history and literature at Harvard University. Her research has been supported by several national grants, and she has published essays in The History of Photography, The History of Childhood and Youth, and The Museum History Journal. Ivan Gaskell held positions at the Warburg Institute, Cambridge University, and Harvard before moving to the Bard Graduate Center in 2012. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of eleven books, and has contributed to numerous journals and edited volumes in history, art history, and philosophy. Sara J. Schechner is the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University, where is she is part of the history of science department and has taught museum studies. She recently received the Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize (2008) of the History of Science Society for a career of innovative and diverse object-based teaching. She lives in a historic house on the National Register and has an archaeological site in her back yard. Samantha van Gerbig is curatorial technician of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University.
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Preface
Introduction: Thinking with Things
Chapter 1: Things in Place
1. Natural History
Say it with Flowers: An Orchid Specimen and a Watercolor Drawing
2. Archaeology and Anthropology
A Surface Find in the Semitic Museum: A Roman Four-Handled Glass Jar
3. Books and Manuscripts
Plato from the Sharp-Nosed Trash
4. Art
Set in Stone: A Limestone Mold for Casting Openwork Ornaments
5. Science and Medicine
Political Chemistry
6. History
A Knockabout Dress
Chapter 2: Things Unplaced
Memorandums of a Cottage
An Enchanted Galapagos Tortoise Shell Marked "Ship Abigail "
Pointing Fingers: A Carved Spoon, Human Hand
An Errant Tortilla
Exotic Opulence: An Iridescent Beetle Ornament
Tracking Blondie: Blondie Goes to Leisureland
Chapter 3: Things Out of Place
A Palette and the Psychology of Vision
A Blue Bird
Plows and Swords: The Artemas Ward Plow in the Semitic Museum
Nature or Culture? A Carved Helmeted Hornbill Skull
Chapter 4: Things in Stories-Stories in Things
Objects as Portals
The Message
Transits of Venus
Changing Stories about American Indians
Appendix: Glossary of Harvard Collections
Photo Essay: Unexpected Discoveries: the Joy of Object Photography
Preface
Introduction: Thinking with Things
Chapter 1: Things in Place
1. Natural History
Say it with Flowers: An Orchid Specimen and a Watercolor Drawing
2. Archaeology and Anthropology
A Surface Find in the Semitic Museum: A Roman Four-Handled Glass Jar
3. Books and Manuscripts
Plato from the Sharp-Nosed Trash
4. Art
Set in Stone: A Limestone Mold for Casting Openwork Ornaments
5. Science and Medicine
Political Chemistry
6. History
A Knockabout Dress
Chapter 2: Things Unplaced
Memorandums of a Cottage
An Enchanted Galapagos Tortoise Shell Marked "Ship Abigail "
Pointing Fingers: A Carved Spoon, Human Hand
An Errant Tortilla
Exotic Opulence: An Iridescent Beetle Ornament
Tracking Blondie: Blondie Goes to Leisureland
Chapter 3: Things Out of Place
A Palette and the Psychology of Vision
A Blue Bird
Plows and Swords: The Artemas Ward Plow in the Semitic Museum
Nature or Culture? A Carved Helmeted Hornbill Skull
Chapter 4: Things in Stories-Stories in Things
Objects as Portals
The Message
Transits of Venus
Changing Stories about American Indians
Appendix: Glossary of Harvard Collections
Photo Essay: Unexpected Discoveries: the Joy of Object Photography
[tentative]
Preface
Introduction: Thinking with Things
Chapter 1: Things in Place
1. Natural History
Say it with Flowers: An Orchid Specimen and a Watercolor Drawing
2. Archaeology and Anthropology
A Surface Find in the Semitic Museum: A Roman Four-Handled Glass Jar
3. Books and Manuscripts
Plato from the Sharp-Nosed Trash
4. Art
Set in Stone: A Limestone Mold for Casting Openwork Ornaments
5. Science and Medicine
Political Chemistry
6. History
A Knockabout Dress
Chapter 2: Things Unplaced
Memorandums of a Cottage
An Enchanted Galapagos Tortoise Shell Marked "Ship Abigail "
Pointing Fingers: A Carved Spoon, Human Hand
An Errant Tortilla
Exotic Opulence: An Iridescent Beetle Ornament
Tracking Blondie: Blondie Goes to Leisureland
Chapter 3: Things Out of Place
A Palette and the Psychology of Vision
A Blue Bird
Plows and Swords: The Artemas Ward Plow in the Semitic Museum
Nature or Culture? A Carved Helmeted Hornbill Skull
Chapter 4: Things in Stories-Stories in Things
Objects as Portals
The Message
Transits of Venus
Changing Stories about American Indians
Appendix: Glossary of Harvard Collections
Photo Essay: Unexpected Discoveries: the Joy of Object Photography
Preface
Introduction: Thinking with Things
Chapter 1: Things in Place
1. Natural History
Say it with Flowers: An Orchid Specimen and a Watercolor Drawing
2. Archaeology and Anthropology
A Surface Find in the Semitic Museum: A Roman Four-Handled Glass Jar
3. Books and Manuscripts
Plato from the Sharp-Nosed Trash
4. Art
Set in Stone: A Limestone Mold for Casting Openwork Ornaments
5. Science and Medicine
Political Chemistry
6. History
A Knockabout Dress
Chapter 2: Things Unplaced
Memorandums of a Cottage
An Enchanted Galapagos Tortoise Shell Marked "Ship Abigail "
Pointing Fingers: A Carved Spoon, Human Hand
An Errant Tortilla
Exotic Opulence: An Iridescent Beetle Ornament
Tracking Blondie: Blondie Goes to Leisureland
Chapter 3: Things Out of Place
A Palette and the Psychology of Vision
A Blue Bird
Plows and Swords: The Artemas Ward Plow in the Semitic Museum
Nature or Culture? A Carved Helmeted Hornbill Skull
Chapter 4: Things in Stories-Stories in Things
Objects as Portals
The Message
Transits of Venus
Changing Stories about American Indians
Appendix: Glossary of Harvard Collections
Photo Essay: Unexpected Discoveries: the Joy of Object Photography