Transporting Objects and Collections

This volume brings together for the first time the most significant papers on the interpretation of objects and collections and examines how people relate to material culture and why they collect thin

This book examines the historical context of museums, their collections, and the objects that form them. Susan M. Pearce probes the psychological and social reasons that people collect and identifies

"When things move, things change." Starting from this deceptively simple premise, Silvia Spitta opens a fascinating window onto the profound displacements and transformations that have occurred over

Proceedings of the IIC Nordic Group conference 'Planning to move? Processes and consequences for collections, objects and society' held in October 2012.

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the many ways in which groups of objects can be collected, categorized and displayed. The book also contains six pages of colourful stickers. By the award-winn

Documentation of Associated and Unassociated Caddo Funerary Objects by Timothy K. Pertulla, et al., presents the documentation and study of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGP

This book is focused on the objects and materials in the collection of the Bauhaus Dessau campus from all the phases of the renowned institution, including student works by Marianne Brandt, Josef Albe

The Vitra Design Museum Collection is one of the most important design collections in the world. It totals around 20,000 items, including 7,000 pieces of furniture, over 1,000 lighting objects and arc

The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011

Museums function as cultural warehouses for objects understood to be vitally important. As a result, the laws that control keeping of and access to these objects are also vitally important. This book

While the question of the return of cultural objects is by no means a new one, it has become the subject of increasingly intense debate in recent years. This important book explores the removal and the return of cultural objects from occupied communities during the last two centuries and analyses the concurrent evolution of international cultural heritage law. The book focuses on the significant influence exerted by British, U.S. and Australian governments and museums on international law and museum policy in response to restitution claims. It shows that these claims, far from heralding the long-feared dissolution of museums and their collections, provide museums with a vital, new role in the process of self-determination and cultural identity. Compelling and thought-provoking throughout, this book is essential reading for archaeologists, international lawyers and all those involved in cultural resource management.

Clothing is the most personal expression of a culture. Objects of dress and adornment reveal so much about the individuals who wore them and the cultures and times in which they lived. History, art, t

The history of America is largely a history of the sea. This marvelous book features a selection of more than two hundred of the finest objects from Mystic Seaport that tell the history of America and

Pattern recognition basically deals with the recognition of patterns, shapes, objects, things in images. Document image analysis was one of the very ?rst applications of pattern recognition and even o

This is the second volume in a series highlighting selected objects from each of the Institute's eight permanent collections, considering them both as art objects and archaeological evidence. The gall

This book explores the early history of the Pitt Rivers Museum and its collections. Many thousands of people collected objects for the Museum between its foundation in 1884 and 1945, and together the

This revised and updated J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections includes many major objects that recently have been added to the collections, as well as the more familiar masterpieces frequ

This revised and updated J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections includes many major objects that recently have been added to the collections, as well as the more familiar masterpieces frequ

Interpreting Objects in the Hybrid Museum examines the recent trend for converged collecting institutions and uses its investigation as a catalyst for critical reflection by all stakeholders on t

Sacred Christian art objects--including tabernacles, plates, bottles, bibs, votives, crosses, and more--reveal the amazing skill and creativity of Greek craftsmen living in the predominantly Muslim Ot

Lavishly illustrated and deeply researched, this volume opens a window into the rich supernatural traditions of the Tai peoples of Southeast Asia. Centered on manuscripts, textiles, and talismans, it explores how sacred knowledge is embedded in material form through intricate diagrams, protective spells, and vivid depictions of benevolent and malevolent spirits. Drawing on four years of fieldwork in the Shan State of Myanmar and the Shan (Tai) people of northern Thailand, Susan Conway presents the voices and practices of ritual specialists who continue to create and use these objects in healing, protection, and divination. Blending ethnographic insight with objects held in collections in Thailand, the United States, and the United Kingdom, this book offers an evocative portrait of a living tradition where Buddhism, spiritual beliefs, and local cosmology converge in the service of well-being and spiritual balance.

A devotional dialogue: Tabouret's introspective portraiture in conversation with Italian religious artLos Angeles-based French painter Claire Tabouret (born 1981) depicts women and children with mute expressions in states of activity and repose. Published for the 2022 Venice Biennale, this catalog juxtaposes Tabouret's solemn portraits with devotional objects from archaeological and liturgical collections in Italy.

Centring priest and navigator Tupaia and Pacific worldviews, this richly illustrated volume weaves a new set of cultural histories in the Pacific, between local islanders and the crew of the Endeavour on James Cook’s first ‘voyage of discovery’ (1768-1771). This book revisits the National Maritime Museum’s material collections brought back from the voyage, paying particular attention to objects, journals, drawings, maps, cloth and clothes, and the attending narratives that framed Britain’s kaleidoscopic engagement with Pacific peoples. Bringing together artists, scholars, historians, theorists, and tailors, this book presents a cross-cultural conversation that breathes new life into the concepts of acquired and curated artefacts and taonga that traversed oceans and entwined cultures. Each chapter draws attention to a particular material, object or process to reveal fresh insights on the voyage, the societies it brought together and the histories it transformed. Chapters cover Tupai

A bold look at the creative, controversial, and vibrant history of skateboarding, and the amazing skaters who continually reinvent itSkateboarding isn't just a recreational activity, but a professional sport, lifestyle, art form, and cultural phenomenon. The striking book Four Wheels and a Board captures its spirited history, iconic skateboarders, diverse community, and the palpable passion of the people who love it. It includes contributions from the most influential names in the game, including Rodney Mullen, Tony Hawk, Mimi Knoop, and more. The gorgeously designed book presents objects, artifacts, and photographs from the Smithsonian’s collections that exemplify the vitality and innovation of skate culture. Book chapters are organized chronologically by decade from the '60s to present day, starting with 20th-century surfboards, moving through technological changes, the disappearance of skate parks, the rise of social media and collaborations, and ending with never-before-seen object

從東、西方古今藝術品中錘煉而成的創作原則裝飾紋樣與印花設計領域必不可少的理論和實務著作 1856年於倫敦出版問世的《紋飾法則》（The Grammar of Ornament）被譽為英國美術工藝運動先鋒（Arts & Crafts Movement）鉅作。本書收錄一百幅精美的彩色圖版，旨在引領讀者深入觀摩東西方幾千年文化底蘊下最具代表性的裝飾藝術（decorative art）典範與應用方法。作者費盡苦心搜羅，橫跨廣袤土地與時間長河所梳理出的設計進程，為後世打通一條清晰的設計思路。爾後，瓊斯終其一生耕耘裝飾藝術之研究。他於1867 年親筆將晚清因戰亂流傳至西方的中國工藝珍藏繪製成平面圖版，並以前作中著名的〈建築暨裝飾的37條造形與色彩基本原則〉逐一分析中國傳統紋飾的設計方法，集結成《中國紋飾法則》（Examples of Chinese Ornament: Selected from Objects in the South Kensington Museum and Other Collections）。書中揭示中國紋飾的元素與構圖，經由中國人獨樹一格的配色，展現優雅恬靜、具皇家風采，又或者奇特而帶有異國情調的多重面貌，重塑了當時西方對中國的既有審美觀。本書做為裝飾藝術史不朽巨著《紋飾法則》的延續，在歷時十年後，與前作攜手交織出耐人尋味的風格脈絡。作者精闢的見解，對十九世紀下半葉工藝界，乃至於現代工業設計發展，皆有不可抹滅的重要價值。《Pattern Design 圖解圖樣設計》為日本設計家藤田伸（Fujita Shin）多年的研究成果。作者在這本向歐文‧瓊斯、拉西涅（Auguste Racinet）、艾雪（M.C. Escher）等大家致敬的技法教學書中，歸納出17種平面對稱群組的國際共通標記（包括平移、鏡射、旋轉、分割的變化式）。透過重複和拼合手法拆解圖樣規律，引發讀者一步步嘗試的樂趣、進而重組出極具現代感的迷人作品。 此一主題珍稀的套書之中，單本有其無與倫比的個性、交互對照又相得益彰。在如今人人都能取得生產工具且科技日新月異的趨勢下，如能融會貫通書中所提出的創作概念與具體方法，設計者更能奠定自身在市場中不斷推陳出新、屹立不搖的根本之道。 *** 單書介紹 ***《紋飾法則：奠定當代設計思維的37條造型與色彩基本原則》英國

This Element discusses the ancient statues once set up in Byzantine Constantinople, with a special focus on their popular reception. From its foundation by Constantine the Great in 324, Constantinople housed a great number of statues which stood in the city on streets and public places, or were kept in several collections and in the Hippodrome. Almost all of them, except a number of newly made statues of reigning emperors, were ancient objects which had been brought to the city from other places. Many of these statues were later identified with persons other than those they actually represented, or received an allegorical (sometimes even an apocalyptical) interpretation. When the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade conquered the city in 1204, almost all of the statues of Constantinople were destroyed or looted.

Assessing a wide variety of particular books, book-like objects, and book collections, and working with millennia of variable and conflicting definitions of the book and its purposes, The Unfinished

The V&A Book of Colour in Design is attractively simple: a celebration and exploration of colour, as revealed through objects in the world-class collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

"In what period did objects of worship appear in China? Could there be a possible convergence between written testimonies and archaeological remains? How was the production of icons understood, especially in light of its eventual condemnation in iconoclastic discourse? This history of cultic images designed for religious worship in China remains to be written. The statue collections over the course of 16th to 20th centuries in central Hunan of southern China will give us insight into the local artistic tradition of statue-making, and the dynamics of multifarious religious practices consisting of a hybrid of Buddhism, Daoism, Confucian, Shamanism, and so forth. The documents contained inside these effigies, as well as the inscriptions found on the statues themselves, provide first-hand information that has not been filtered down through theological or philosophical discourses. Moreover, this art of domestic statuary—which is found far from palaces, large temples, monasteries, and pain

Originally published in Portuguese in 1994 as Negros da Terra, this field-defining work by the late historian John M. Monteiro has been translated into English by Professors Barbara Weinstein and James Woodard. Monteiro's work established ethnohistory as a field in colonial Brazilian studies and made indigenous history a vital part of how scholars understand Brazil's colonial past. Drawing on over two dozen collections on both sides of the Atlantic, Monteiro rescued Indians from invisibility, documenting their role as both objects and actors in Brazil's colonial past and, most importantly, providing the first history of Indian slavery in Brazil. Monteiro demonstrates how Indian enslavement, not exploration or the search for mineral wealth, was the driving force behind expansion out of São Paulo and through the South American backcountry. This book makes a groundbreaking contribution not only to Latin American history, but to the history of indigenous slavery in the Americas generally.

Originally published in Portuguese in 1994 as Negros da Terra, this field-defining work by the late historian John M. Monteiro has been translated into English by Professors Barbara Weinstein and James Woodard. Monteiro's work established ethnohistory as a field in colonial Brazilian studies and made indigenous history a vital part of how scholars understand Brazil's colonial past. Drawing on over two dozen collections on both sides of the Atlantic, Monteiro rescued Indians from invisibility, documenting their role as both objects and actors in Brazil's colonial past and, most importantly, providing the first history of Indian slavery in Brazil. Monteiro demonstrates how Indian enslavement, not exploration or the search for mineral wealth, was the driving force behind expansion out of São Paulo and through the South American backcountry. This book makes a groundbreaking contribution not only to Latin American history, but to the history of indigenous slavery in the Americas generally.

The first history of the deaccession of objects from museum collections that defends deaccession as an essential component of museum practice.Museums often stir controversy when they deaccession works

This is the story of the great outflows of art from China into the collections and museums of the West. Western collectors and international dealers gathered paintings, ceramics, and other art objects

Exploring more than a dozen personal collections of contemporary artists, this unique and revealing book probes the aesthetic and psychological dimensions of collecting and shows how objects can influ

As we rely increasingly on digital resources, and libraries discard large parts of their older collections, what is our responsibility to preserve 'old books' for the future? David McKitterick's lively and wide-ranging study explores how old books have been represented and interpreted from the eighteenth century to the present day. Conservation of these texts has taken many forms, from early methods of counterfeiting, imitation and rebinding to modern practices of microfilming, digitisation and photography. Using a comprehensive range of examples, McKitterick reveals these practices and their effects to address wider questions surrounding the value of printed books, both in terms of their content and their status as historical objects. Creating a link between historical approaches and the emerging technologies of the future, this book furthers our understanding of old books and their significance in a world of emerging digital technology.

Welcome to the Museum is a series of books set on the "walls" of the printed page, showcasing the world’s finest collections of objects--from natural history to art. Open 365 days a year and unrestric