Il museo che non c’è. Note sulla dispersione del patrimonio in Gran Bretagna
Indifferente alla loro recente moltiplicazione come al sodalizio che vi si celebra con l’architettura di grido, un fantasma si aggira per i musei. Sordo al nome di Jean Nouvel (Reina Sofia, Louvre) quanto a quelli di Herzog & De Meuron (Tate Modern ...
Caroline Patey
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Greek embroideries: the early collectors and their ongoing legacy [PDF]
The early collectors of Greek embroidery left a substantial legacy of unique textile work for the benefit of all. Today, we can still see examples of these rare embroideries in major museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Simpson, Cheryl Ann
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Preventive conservation strategies for sustainable urban pollution control in museums [PDF]
The last 40 years have seen major changes in the sources and concentrations of urban pollution (nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and particulates).
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Catalysts for change: Museum gardens in a planetary emergency
Natural history museums are often seen as places with indoor galleries full of dry‐dusty specimens, usually of animals. But if they have gardens associated with them, museums can use living plants to create narratives that link outside spaces to inside galleries, bringing to life the challenges facing biodiversity.
Ed Baker +4 more
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Museums shape our perception of history and culture. In order to understand object accessions and the composition of museum collections, it is necessary to analyse the collectors from whom the objects were acquired.
Astrid Brixy, Mona Dietrich, Tim Weyrich
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Abstract This article examines image–text relations in German illustrations of gambling around 1800, specifically focusing on the card game Pharo and the artist Johann Heinrich Ramberg. It shows Ramberg's technique of reuse and variation as well as the degree of satire in the designs and their accompanying descriptive or fictional texts.
Waltraud Maierhofer
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‘Subjects and Objects: Material Expressions of Love and Loyalty in Seventeenth-Century England’, in special section on ‘Loyalties and Allegiances in Early Modern England’ in Journal of British Studies Vol. 48: 4 (October, 2009) [PDF]
This article investigates how and where the emotive relations between subject and state were forged and how these ideas were manifested in early modern England. McShane describes an affective economy of loyalty, embodied in cheap and accessible political
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A Critical Analysis of Immersive Environments: A Methodology for Museum Education
Abstract Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, museum professionals have adopted various technological resources that have expanded museums into new virtual spaces. These virtual spaces do much more than simply communicate information to visitors and attract them to visit the museum physically: they offer new teaching and learning contexts.
Emma June Huebner
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Resurrection, Re-Imagination, Reconstruction: New Viewpoints on the Hereford Screen
The Hereford Screen is one of the most complex and intricate choir screens of the Victorian era. Positioned in the gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s main entrance, its glistening metalwork, brass, and terracotta effect surfaces, incrustations ...
Ayla Lepine
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"To design for the future you must leaf through the past": Museums as part of systems of innovation [PDF]
Museums are not conventionally associated with innovation or viewed as part of innovation systems. After all, we could argue, museums are about the past, heritage, and nostalgia, whereas innovation is about the future.
Johnston, Lorraine, Rose, Mary
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