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Religious objects in museums : private lives and public duties /
In the past, museums often changed the meaning of icons or statues of deities from sacred to aesthetic, or used them to declare the superiority of Western society, or simply as cultural and historical evidence. The last generation has seen faith groups demanding to control 'their' objects,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Berg Publishers,
2013.
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| Edición: | English ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the past, museums often changed the meaning of icons or statues of deities from sacred to aesthetic, or used them to declare the superiority of Western society, or simply as cultural and historical evidence. The last generation has seen faith groups demanding to control 'their' objects, and curators recognising that objects can only be understood within their original religious context. In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the role religion plays in museums, with major exhibitions highlighting the religious as well as the historical nature of objects. Using examples fr. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 144 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857852984 0857852981 9781474215411 1474215416 9780857852991 085785299X |