Author: Richard H. SaundersPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Inflormation on the works and artists represented in the collection.
Collecting the West
Author: Richard H. SaundersPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Inflormation on the works and artists represented in the collection.
Collecting East and West
Author: Andrea M. GáldyPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443852597
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
If collecting the rare and valuable is an entirely normal trait of human behaviour, amassing objects from far-away places has also long played a role in the history of collecting. “East” and “West”, or “North” and “South”, for that matter, are of course entirely relative to one’s particular geographical position. Therefore, it is interesting that collecting exotic objects is an endeavour that unites humanity over millennia and round the globe. The ancient Assyrians did so as assiduously as eighteenth-century collectors in Paris or London; Chinese emperors collected Western art and artefacts at a time when Western collectors started to gather ceramics, lacquered furniture, or South-East Asian prints. Key factors were, of course, increasingly frequent contact and an ever growing knowledge about the “other” and about the other’s artistic production. Of particular interest to the mission of this working group is the fact that the building of collections was only part of the endeavour but that, in many cases, the objects imported at huge cost and logistic effort were meant to be displayed in surroundings reminiscent of their original habitat, even though their exact original context may have been open to debate and their final exhibition surroundings may have been unrecognisable to anyone from their former home. Western collectors built Chinese cabinets for their exotic treasures, often complemented by depictions of Oriental tea parties. Less familiar is perhaps the fact that, from the seventeenth century onwards, Chinese emperors displayed their European collectibles in palaces built for them for this purpose in Western architectural style. The essays in the present volume, therefore, attempt to connect the collections of exotic objects with the forms of display adopted by collectors and institutions and thus chart the levels of increasingly informed and intimate encounters between East and West, scholars and collectors, art lovers and institutions from the early first millennium BC to the early twentieth century and from South-East Asia to North-Western Europe.
Collecting and Displaying China's “Summer Palace” in the West
Author: Louise TythacottPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135162489X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, British and French troops looted and destroyed one of the most important palace complexes in imperial China—the Yuanmingyuan. Known in the West as the "Summer Palace," this site consisted of thousands of buildings housing a vast art collection. It is estimated that over a million objects may have been taken from the palaces in the Yuanmingyuan—and many of these are now scattered around the world, in private collections and public museums. With contributions from leading specialists, this is the first book to focus on the collecting and display of "Summer Palace" material over the past 150 years in museums in Britain and France. It examines the way museums placed their own cultural, political and aesthetic concerns upon Yuanmingyuan material, and how displays—especially those at the Royal Engineers Museum in Kent, the National Museum of Scotland and the Musée Chinois at the Château of Fontainebleau—tell us more about European representations and images of China, than they do about the Yuanmingyuan itself.
Ethnographic Collecting and African Agency in Early Colonial West Africa
Author: Zachary KingdonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501337939
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The early collections from Africa in Liverpool's World Museum reflect the city's longstanding shipping and commercial links with Africa's Atlantic coast. A principal component of these collections is an assemblage of several thousand artefacts from western Africa that were transported to institutions in northwest England between 1894 and 1916 by the Liverpool steam ship engineer Arnold Ridyard. While Ridyard's collecting efforts can be seen to have been shaped by the steamers' dynamic capacity to connect widely separated people and places, his Methodist credentials were fundamental in determining the profile of his African networks, because they meant that he was not part of official colonial authority in West Africa. Kingdon's study uncovers the identities of many of Ridyard's numerous West African collaborators and discusses their interests and predicaments under the colonial dispensation. Against this background account, their agendas are examined with reference to surviving narratives that accompanied their donations and within the context of broader processes of trans-imperial exchange, through which they forged new identities and statuses for themselves and attempted to counter expressions of British cultural imperialism in the region. The study concludes with a discussion of the competing meanings assigned to the Ridyard assemblage by the Liverpool Museum and examines the ways in which its re-contextualization in museum contexts helped to efface signs of the energies and narratives behind its creation.
Collecting the West
Author: William C. KetchumPublisher:
ISBN: 9780517127162
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Collecting Western Memorabilia
Author: Tim LasiutaPublisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The perfect guide for all collectors of Western film, television, radio and comics memorabilia, this book contains everything you need to know about getting your old Lone Ranger comic book signed by Clayton Moore or tracking down that Hopalong Cassidy lunchbox. Festivals and conventions in your area, the best museums (from art to Native American history to toys), which newsletters and magazines to subscribe to, which websites to check. The section on reference books includes biographies, genre histories (radio drama, mysteries, comedies), studios, music reference, serials and cliffhangers, locations and movie ranches, episode guides, cast listings, film listings, price and collectible guides, and a list of publishers. Each entry shows the author(s), publisher, format, length, and a brief summary. This book has it all: commemorative artwork, posters, production stills, lobby cards, autographs, books, costumes, newspaper strips, comic books, cups, plates, and utensils, commemorative weapons and play sets, toys, games, models, lunchboxes, Christmas ornaments, magazines, movie and TV props and memorabilia, scripts, press packets, audio and video recordings, and cereal box premiums. The book tells how best to preserve your treasures and how to get in touch with other fans, whether buying, selling, or swapping. A survival guide to auctions, garage sales, flea markets, estate sales, and antique stores follows. Systems of ranking item quality, cataloguing guides, and format diagrams for listing and insurance purposes are included, as is a list of collector clubs.
Collecting the West
Author: William C. KetchumPublisher: Crown Pub
ISBN: 9780517578070
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Shows and describes baskets, pottery, Navajo rugs, bead and quill work, jewelry, kachina dolls, horse tack, cowboy clothing, Spanish American furnishings, and miners' equipment
The Connoisseur
Author: Collecting the Old West
Author: Jim SchautPublisher: Antique Trader
ISBN: 9780873416917
Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Old West was more than cowboys and indians. This guide covers Old West art, ephemera, homestead items, military, mining, Mexican, rodeos, and Wild West shows. There are 1500 items priced, and details on where to buy and sell Old West items.
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill, 1917
Author: United States. Congress. House. Appropriations, Committee onPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description