Author: Elizabeth James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134271069
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 841
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A comprehensive bibliography and exhibition chronology of the world's greatest museum of the decorative arts and design. The Victoria and Albert Museum, or South Kensington Museum as it used to be known, was founded by the British Government in 1852, out of the proceeds from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Like the Exhibition, it aimed to improve the expertise of designers, and the taste of the public, by exposing them to examples of good design from all countries and periods. 2,500 publications have to date been produced by, for, or in association with the V&A. The National Art Library, which is part of the Museum, has prepared this detailed catalogue, supplemented by a secondary list of 500 other books closely related to the V&A. The 1,500 exhibitions and displays recorded include those held in the main Museum and at its branches, the Bethnal Green Museum (now the National Museum of Childhood) and the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, and additionally those it has organized at external venues, in Great Britain and abroad. The exhibitions and publications are fully cross-referenced, and there are name, title and subject indexes to the whole work, as well as an explanatory introduction.
Author: Charles Truman
Publisher:
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Author: Karen Harvey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135690952
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Sources are the raw material of history, but where the written word has traditionally been seen as the principal source, today historians are increasingly recognizing the value of sources beyond text. In History and Material Culture, Karen Harvey embarks upon a discussion about material culture – considering objects, often those found surrounding us in day to day life, as sources, which can help historians develop new interpretations and new knowledge about the past. Across ten chapters, different historians look at a variety of material sources from around the globe and across centuries to assess how such sources can be used to study history. While the sources are discussed from ‘interdisciplinary’ perspectives, each contributor examines how material culture can be approached from an historical viewpoint, and each chapter addresses its theme or approach in a way accessible to readers without expertise in the area. In her introduction, Karen Harvey discusses some of the key issues raised when historians use material culture, and suggests some basic steps for those new to these kinds of sources. Opening up the discipline of history to new approaches, and introducing those working in other disciplines to historical approaches, this book is the ideal introduction to the opportunities and challenges of researching material culture.
Author: Reino Leifkes
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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A history of glassware (primarily vessel glass and 20th century art glass), based on the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery Office
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Author: Jane Turner
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Category : Glass manufacture
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Author: Scranton Public Library (Scranton, Pa.)
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Author: Ernest Richard Suffling
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Category : Glass painting and staining
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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