The Museum of the Senses : Experiencing Art and Collections Paperback / softback
by Prof Constance (McGill University, Canada) Classen
Part of the Sensory Studies Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
Traditionally sight has been the only sense with a ticket to enter the museum.
The same is true of histories of art, in which artworks are often presented as purely visual objects.
In The Museum of the Senses Constance Classen offers a new way of approaching the history of art through the senses, revealing how people used to handle, smell and even taste collection pieces.
Topics range from the tactile power of relics to the sensuous allure of cabinets of curiosities, and from the feel of a Rembrandt to the scent of Monet's garden.
The book concludes with a discussion of how contemporary museums are stimulating the senses through interactive and multimedia displays. Classen, a leading authority on the cultural history of the senses, has produced a fascinating study of sensual and emotional responses to artefacts from the middle ages to the present.
The Museum of the Senses is an important read for anyone interested in the history of art as well as for students and researchers in cultural studies and museum studies.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:184 pages, 23 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:02/11/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474253796
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:184 pages, 23 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:02/11/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474253796
