A Miscellany Of Objects From Sir John Soane S Museum
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A Miscellany Of Objects From Sir John Soane S Museum
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Author : Peter Thornton
language : en
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Release Date : 1992-01-01
A Miscellany Of Objects From Sir John Soane S Museum written by Peter Thornton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with Architectural museums categories.
A Miscellany Of Objects From Sir John Soane S Museum
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Author : Peter Thornton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
A Miscellany Of Objects From Sir John Soane S Museum written by Peter Thornton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Sir John Soane
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Author : Peter Thornton
language : en
Publisher: ABRAMS
Release Date : 1992
Sir John Soane written by Peter Thornton and has been published by ABRAMS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Sir John Soane (1753-1837), the son of a bricklayer, rose to become one of England's greatest architects as well a remarkably astute collector of objects and works of art. His house, in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London, was bequeathed to the British nation by a private Act of Parliament in 1833 for the benefit of "Amateurs and Students of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture", and the building itself and the collections within now comprise a unique, and extremely popular, public museum. Soane was at the very center of artistic activity in late Georgian England, and his collections reveal the intellectual preoccupations of his day. Amassed over his long lifetime during his travels and from his friends and professional contacts, they include paintings by Hogarth and Turner; Greek, Roman, and Egyptian antiquities; Chinese ceramics; and a vast number of drawings, clocks, models, furniture, gems, jewelry, manuscripts, and other objets d'art that reveal the breadth of Soane's tastes and interests. This handsome book focuses on more than 120 works from Soane's collections, ranging from paintings and sculpture to a watch given by Queen Anne to Sir Christopher Wren. Peter Thornton, Curator of Sir John Soane's Museum, and his research assistant, Helen Dorey, have written lively commentaries to the 130 illustrations, 99 in full color, providing information about the objects themselves and their history, and at the same time shedding light on Soane's life, character, and cultural pursuits. Soane prepared his museum personally, spending huge sums of money and gathering items for their intrinsic value, their appearance, or their associations. His goal was to create a poetic setting, using architectureto evoke the spirit of antiquity. For this reason he arranged his collections not didactically by periods or cultures, but rather mingled together, offering a springboard for the imagination. Sir John Soane: The Architect as Collector is the first book to focus purely on the collections of this working architect, who acquired his treasures as an anthology of antique architecture and decoration and whose hope was that future generations would find in them a source of reference and inspiration.
A Miscellany Of Objects From Sir John Soane S Museum
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Author : Peter Thornton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
A Miscellany Of Objects From Sir John Soane S Museum written by Peter Thornton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Architectural museums categories.
For this book the curators have brought together 120 objects from Sir John Soane's Museum. A commentary accompanies each picture, relating the story behind the object's acquisition or arrangement.
A General Description Of Sir John Soane S Museum With Brief Notices Of Some Of The More Interesting Works Of Art Therein
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Author : Sir John Soane's Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1840
A General Description Of Sir John Soane S Museum With Brief Notices Of Some Of The More Interesting Works Of Art Therein written by Sir John Soane's Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1840 with Museums categories.
A New Description Of Sir John Soane S Museum
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Author : Sir John Soane's Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
A New Description Of Sir John Soane S Museum written by Sir John Soane's Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Architectural museums categories.
Thorvaldsen
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Author : Jan Zahle
language : en
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Release Date : 2020-08-20
Thorvaldsen written by Jan Zahle and has been published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-20 with Art categories.
The Danish neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), who lived most of his life in Rome, was not only one of Europe’s most soughtafter artists; he was also a collector. In addition to his own works and drawings, he built extensive collections of paintings, prints, drawings and books – and of ancient artefacts from Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquity: coins, lockets, containers, vases, lamps, fragments of sculpture and more. He also acquired a large collection of plaster casts, primarily after ancient sculptures and reliefs, but also of works dating from the Renaissance and up until his own lifetime. Thanks to Thorvaldsen’s bequest to the city of Copenhagen, his birthplace, all of these collections are still largely intact and well preserved at his museum. Home to a total of 657 plaster casts, the Thorvaldsen Museum’s cast collection is unique for several reasons: The collection offers us insight into the sculptor’s working methods and the development of his work because it served a clear function as an image bank of forms, motifs and subjects for Thorvaldsen’s own endeavours. Furthermore, the dual fact that the collection is so well preserved and was established over a relatively brief period of time makes it a valuable example illuminating the trade and distribution of plaster casts during the first half of the nineteenth century. These areas of study form the central focal point of Volume I of this publication. Volume II contains a catalogue of the individual objects in the cast collection, while Volume III collects the overviews, inventories, concordances and primary sources referred to in the first two volumes. Arising out of many years of study of Thorvaldsen’s cast collection conducted by their author, the classical archaeologist Jan Zahle, these books contain comprehensive source material from the period, much of it previously unknown.
General Description Of Sir John Soane S Museum
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Author : Sir John Soane's house and museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905
General Description Of Sir John Soane S Museum written by Sir John Soane's house and museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1905 with Lincoln's Inn Fields (London, England) categories.
The Collector S Voice
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Author : Susan Pearce
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-05
The Collector S Voice written by Susan Pearce and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with History categories.
The Collector’s Voice is a major four-volume project which brings together in accessible form material relevant to the history and practice of collecting in the European tradition from c. 1500 BC to the present day. The series demonstrates how attitudes to objects, the collecting of objects, and the shape of the museum institution have developed over the past 3000 years. Material presented includes translations of a wide range of original documents: letters, official reports, verse, fiction, travellers' accounts, catalogues and labels. Volume 1: Ancient Voices, edited by Susan Pearce and Alexandra Bounia Volume 2: Early Voices, edited by Susan Pearce and Kenneth Arnold Volume 3: Imperial Voices, edited by Susan Pearce and Rosemary Flanders Volume 4: Contemporary Voices, edited by Susan Pearce and Paul Martin
Cultures Of Collecting
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Author : Roger Cardinal
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2004-09-02
Cultures Of Collecting written by Roger Cardinal and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-02 with Education categories.
This book traces the psychology, history and theory of the compulsion to collect, focusing not just on the normative collections of the Western canon, but also on collections that reflect a fascination with the "Other" and the marginal – the ephemeral, exotic, or just plain curious. There are essays on the Neoclassical architect Sir John Soane, Sigmund Freud and Kurt Schwitters, one of the masters of collage. Others examine imperialist encounters with remote cultures – the consquitadors in America in the sixteenth century, and the British in the Pacific in the eighteenth – and the more recent collectors of popular culture, be they of Swatch watches, Elvis Presley memorabilia or of packaging and advertising. With essays by Jean Baudrillard, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Nicholas Thomas, Mieke Bal, John Forrester, John Windsor, Naomi Schor, Susan Stewart, Anthony Alan Shelton, John Elsner, Roger Cardinal and an interview with Robert Opie.