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Sculpture collections in Europe and the United States, 1500-1930 : variety and ambiguity
Title
Sculpture collections in Europe and the United States, 1500-1930 : variety and ambiguity / edited by Malcolm Baker, Inge Reist.
ISBN
9789004458468
9004458468
9789004458840
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Physical Description
xviii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes
"This book evolved from a symposium "Sculpture collecting and display, 1600-2000," organized by the Center for the History of Collecting, that was held at The Frick Collection on May 19 and 20, 2017"--Colophon.
Summary
"Exploring the variety of forms taken by collections of sculpture, this volume presents new research by twelve internationally recognized scholars. The essays delve into the motivations of different collectors, the modes of display, and the aesthetics of viewing sculpture, bringing to light much new archival material. The book underscores the ambiguous nature of sculpture collections, variously understood as decorative components of interiors or gardens, as objects of desire in cabinets of curiosity, or as autonomous works of art in private and public collections. Emphasizing the collections and the ways in which these were viewed and described, this book addresses a significant but neglected aspect of art collecting and contributes to the literature on this branch of art and cultural history. This book evolved from a symposium "Sculpture Collecting and Display, 1600-2000," organized by the Center for the History of Collecting, that was held at The Frick Collection on May 19 and 20, 2017. Both the book and the symposium were made possible through the generous support of the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation. The book is published in association with The Frick Collection"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Sculpture collections in Europe and the United States, 1500-1930 Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 02, 2021
Series
Studies in the history of collecting & art markets, volume 10
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Variety and ambiguity: what do we mean by a "sculpture collection"? / Malcolm Baker
Part 1. Sculpture in the Kunstkammer : contexts, formation, and dispersal. 1. Sculpture collecting and the Kunstkammer / Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann
2. The collecting of small bronze sculptures in late Renaissance Italy: the Canonici collection / Jeremy Warren
3. Shifting perceptions and changing frameworks: the case of Francis van Bossuit and the place of small-scale sculpture in ivory in the sculpture collection / Malcolm Baker
Part 2. Garden sculptures as collections. 4. Gentlemen prefer bronze: garden sculpture and sculpture gardens in Britain (1720-1860) / Julius Bryant
5. The sculpture gardens of Versailles, Marly, and Dresden: magnificence and its limits / Betsy Rosasco
Part 3. The sculpture gallery and dedicated spaces for sculpture. 6. The 'Gallerie du S.r Girardon Sculpteur Ordinaire du Roy' / Anne-Lise Desmas
7. Porcelain as sculpture: medium, materiality, and the categories of eighteenth-century collecting / Michael Yonan
8. Art and nature: the country house sculpture gallery in the post-Napoleonic period / Alison Yarrington
Part 4. The changing place of sculpture in the public museum. 9. The public art gallery as arena for modern sculpture / Alex Potts
10. Displaying deceit: Alceo Dossena's tomb of Maria Catharina Sabello at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / Andrew McClellan and Marietta Cambareri
11. The legacy of William Valentiner in shaping the display and collecting of European sculpture in American museums,1900-Present: case studies / Alan Phipps Darr.
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