Colonialism and the Object (eBook, ePUB)

Empire, Material Culture and the Museum
Redaktion: Barringer, Tim; Flynn, Tom

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135106874
• Artikelnr.: 38249329

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

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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