Religious objects in museums :: private lives and public duties /

In the past, museums often changed the meaning of icons or statues of deities from sacred to aesthetic, or used them to declare the superiority of Western society, or simply as cultural and historical evidence. The last generation has seen faith groups demanding to control 'their' objects,...

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1. Verfasser: Paine, Crispin
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Berg Publishers, 2013.
Ausgabe:English ed.
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Zusammenfassung:In the past, museums often changed the meaning of icons or statues of deities from sacred to aesthetic, or used them to declare the superiority of Western society, or simply as cultural and historical evidence. The last generation has seen faith groups demanding to control 'their' objects, and curators recognising that objects can only be understood within their original religious context. In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the role religion plays in museums, with major exhibitions highlighting the religious as well as the historical nature of objects. Using examples fr.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 144 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857852984
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