03064nam 22006131 450 991079079550332120230721011120.01-4725-2142-01-4725-2141-2(CKB)2550000001144504(EBL)1507618(SSID)ssj0001164340(PQKBManifestationID)11646729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001164340(PQKBWorkID)11181264(PQKB)10999713(MiAaPQ)EBC1507618(EXLCZ)99255000000114450420080708d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMuseums and the construction of disciplines art and archaeology in nineteenth-century Britain /Christopher WhiteheadLondon :Bloomsbury,2009.1 online resource (161 p.)Bloomsbury debates in archaeologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7156-3508-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-146) and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Part I: Museums, Knowledge and Disciplinarity; 1. Museums and the construction of knowledge; 2. Museum worlds and the bounding of knowledges; Part II: Art and Archaeology in 1850s London; 3. Notions of art and archaeology in museum debate; 4. New boundaries; 5. Final thoughts; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; XMuseums and museum politics were important elements in the development of the disciplines of Archaeology and Art History in nineteenth-century Britain. Here Christopher Whitehead explores some of the key debates and events which led to the conceptual differentiation and physical separation of ''archaeological'' and ''artistic'' material culture, looking especially at the ways in which objects and histories were contested within museum politics. For example, in the 1850s, the status of Egyptian antiquities as ''art'' or ''archaeology'' was keenly debated, and this related closely to questions aDebates in archaeology.Archaeological museums and collectionsGreat BritainHistory19th centuryArchaeology and artGreat BritainArchaeologyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryArt museumsGreat BritainHistory19th centuryArtStudy and teachingGreat BritainHistory19th centuryArchaeological museums and collectionsHistoryArchaeology and artArchaeologyHistoryArt museumsHistoryArtStudy and teachingHistory708708.209034Whitehead Christopher1972-876960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790795503321Museums and the construction of disciplines3779258UNINA