The museum of the senses : experiencing art and collections / / Constance Classen

• Autore: Classen Constance <1957->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 708
• Soggetto topico: Art museums - Social aspects; Material culture - Social aspects; Art appreciation - History; Sensory evaluation
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: -- 1. The Cabinet of the Senses -- 2. The Feel of a Leonardo -- 3. The Lure of the Mummy -- 4. The Silence of the Dodo -- 5. The Scent of Monet's Garden -- 6. The Museum Retouched.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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. The Museum of the Senses offers a sensory history of art and collections, revealing how people used to handle, smell and even taste artworks and artefacts. 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. Constance 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."--
• Titolo autorizzato: The museum of the senses
• ISBN: 1-4742-5245-1; 1-4742-5244-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812677403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II