A grand design : the art of the Victoria and Albert Museum /
A grand design : the art of the Victoria and Albert Museum /
Malcolm Baker, Brenda Richardson, general editors ; with research and essays by Anthony Burton [and others].
- 431 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cm
Catalog of a traveling exhibition shown at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and other museums Oct. 1997-Jan. 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-411) and index.
Museums, collections, and their histories / Malcolm Baker -- The idealist enterprise and the applied arts / Michael Conforti -- The Victoria and Albert Museum : an illustrated chronology / Richard Dunn and Anthony Burton -- Industrial arts and the exhibition ideal / Peter Trippi -- Teaching by example : education and the formation of South Kensington's museums / Rafael Cardoso Denis -- An encyclopedia of treasures : the idea of the great collection / Timothy Stevens and Peter Trippi -- The empire of things : the engagement with the Orient / Partha Mitter and Craig Clunas -- National consciousness, national heritage, and the idea of "englishness" / Charles Saumarez Smith -- Collecting the twentieth century / Christopher Wilk.
Examines the history of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the formation of its collections and the way these have been constantly re-interpreted through its displays.
1851772170 9781851772179
98174994
Victoria and Albert Museum--Exhibitions.
Art--Exhibitions
Art--England--London--Exhibitions
N1150 / .A58 1997a
708.221
Catalog of a traveling exhibition shown at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and other museums Oct. 1997-Jan. 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-411) and index.
Museums, collections, and their histories / Malcolm Baker -- The idealist enterprise and the applied arts / Michael Conforti -- The Victoria and Albert Museum : an illustrated chronology / Richard Dunn and Anthony Burton -- Industrial arts and the exhibition ideal / Peter Trippi -- Teaching by example : education and the formation of South Kensington's museums / Rafael Cardoso Denis -- An encyclopedia of treasures : the idea of the great collection / Timothy Stevens and Peter Trippi -- The empire of things : the engagement with the Orient / Partha Mitter and Craig Clunas -- National consciousness, national heritage, and the idea of "englishness" / Charles Saumarez Smith -- Collecting the twentieth century / Christopher Wilk.
Examines the history of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the formation of its collections and the way these have been constantly re-interpreted through its displays.
1851772170 9781851772179
98174994
Victoria and Albert Museum--Exhibitions.
Art--Exhibitions
Art--England--London--Exhibitions
N1150 / .A58 1997a
708.221