From Temple To Museum

Author : Salila Kulshreshtha
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351356091

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Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose and evolution by contextualising them in their original architectural or ritual setting while also following their displacement. The work examines how these images may have moved during different spates of temple renovation and acquired new identities by being relocated either within sacred precincts or in private collections and museums, art markets or even desecrated and lost. The book highlights contentious issues in Indian archaeology such as renegotiating identities of religious images, reuse and sharing of sacred space by adherents of different faiths, rebuilding of temples and consequent reinvention of these sites. The author also engages with postcolonial debates surrounding history writing and knowledge creation in British India and how colonial archaeology, archival practices, official surveys and institutionalisation of museums has influenced the current understanding of religion, sacred space and religious icons. In doing so it bridges the historiographical divide between the ancient and the modern as well as socio-religious practices and their institutional memory and preservation. Drawn from a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary study of religious sculptures, classical texts, colonial archival records, British travelogues, official correspondences and fieldwork, the book will interest scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, religion, art history, museums studies, South Asian studies and Buddhist studies.

Author : Salila Kulshreshtha
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Hindu sculpture
ISBN : 1138543187

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From Temple to Museum by Salila Kulshreshtha Pdf

"Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose and evolution by contextualising them in their original architectural or ritual setting while also following their displacement. The work examines how these images may have moved during different spates of temple renovation and acquired new identities by being relocated either within sacred precincts or in private collections and museums, art markets or even desecrated and lost. The book highlights contentious issues in Indian archaeology such as renegotiating identities of religious images, reuse and sharing of sacred space by adherents of different faiths, rebuilding of temples and consequent reinvention of these sites. The author also engages with postcolonial debates surrounding history writing and knowledge creation in British India and how colonial archaeology, archival practices, official surveys and institutionalisation of museums has influenced the current understanding of religion, sacred space and religious icons. In doing so it bridges the historiographical divide between the ancient and the modern as well as socio-religious practices and their institutional memory and preservation."--Publisher's description.

Author : John Holmes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1851245561

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Temple of Science by John Holmes Pdf

Built between 1855 and 1860, Oxford University Museum of Natural History is the extraordinary result of close collaboration between artists and scientists. Inspired by John Ruskin, the architect Benjamin Woodward and the Oxford scientists worked with leading Pre-Raphaelite artists on the design and decoration of the building. The decorative art was modelled on the Pre-Raphaelite principle of meticulous observation of nature, itself indebted to science, while individual artists designed architectural details and carved portrait statues of influential scientists. The entire structure was an experiment in using architecture and art to communicate natural history, modern science and natural theology. 'Temple of Science' sets out the history of the campaign to build the museum before taking the reader on a tour of art in the museum itself. It looks at the façade and the central court, with their beautiful natural history carvings and marble columns illustrating different geological strata, and at the pantheon of scientists. Together they form the world's finest collection of Pre-Raphaelite sculpture. The story of one of the most remarkable collaborations between scientists and artists in European art is told here with lavish illustrations.

Author : Peter Heslin
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781606064214

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The Museum of Augustus by Peter Heslin Pdf

In the Odes, Horace writes of his own work, “I have built a monument more enduring than bronze,”—a striking metaphor that hints at how the poetry and built environment of ancient Rome are inextricably linked. This fascinating work of original scholarship makes the precise and detailed argument that painted illustrations of the Trojan War, both public and private, were a collective visual resource for selected works of Virgil, Horace, and Propertius. Carefully researched and skillfully reasoned, the author’s claims are bold and innovative, offering a strong interpretation of the relationship between Roman visual culture and literature that will deepen modern readings of Augustan poets. The Museum of Augustus first provides a comprehensive reconstruction of paintings from the remaining fragments of the cycle of Trojan frescoes that once decorated the Temple of Apollo in Pompeii. It then finds the echoes of these paintings in the Augustan-dated Portico of Philippus, now destroyed, which was itself a renovation of Rome’s de facto temple of the Muses—in other words, a museum, both in displaying art and offering a meeting place for poets. It next examines the responses of the Augustan poets to the decorative program of this monument that was intimately connected with their own literary aspirations. The book concludes by looking at the way Horace in the Odes and Virgil in the Georgics both conceptualized their poetic projects as temples to rival the museum of Augustus.

Author : Salila Kulshreshtha
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : ART
ISBN : 1315121212

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From Temple to Museum by Salila Kulshreshtha Pdf

"Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose and evolution by contextualising them in their original architectural or ritual setting while also following their displacement. The work examines how these images may have moved during different spates of temple renovation and acquired new identities by being relocated either within sacred precincts or in private collections and museums, art markets or even desecrated and lost.The book highlights contentious issues in Indian archaeology such as renegotiating identities of religious images, reuse and sharing of sacred space by adherents of different faiths, rebuilding of temples and consequent reinvention of these sites. The author also engages with postcolonial debates surrounding history writing and knowledge creation in British India and how colonial archaeology, archival practices, official surveys and institutionalisation of museums has influenced the current understanding of religion, sacred space and religious icons. In doing so it bridges the historiographical divide between the ancient and the modern as well as socio-religious practices and their institutional memory and preservation. Drawn from a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary study of religious sculptures, classical texts, colonial archival records, British travelogues, official correspondences and fieldwork, the book will interest scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, religion, art history, museums studies, South Asian studies and Buddhist studies. "--Provided by publisher.

Author : Enrico Proietti
Publisher : Information Science Reference
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 1799810607

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Developing Effective Communication Skills in Archaeology by Enrico Proietti Pdf

"This book examines archaeology as a method for present researchers to interact and communicate with the past, and as a method for identifying the overall trends in the needs of humanity as a whole"--

Author : Henry Leslie Harrison
Publisher : University Alabama Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015064986311

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The Temple and the Forum by Henry Leslie Harrison Pdf

The rise of the museum as a cultural institution in 19th-century America brought with it many contested notions. This book explores the shared concerns and practices of 19th-century American museums and the literary productions of Hawthorne, Melville, Stowe and Whitman.

Author : Charles J. Robertson,United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Publisher : Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : MINN:31951P009649840

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Temple of Invention by Charles J. Robertson,United States. Patent and Trademark Office Pdf

This richly illustrated volume traces the history of this landmark building, documenting its varied functions and evolving architecture with rarely seen photographs and architectural plans.

Author : Ronnyjane Goldsmith
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467142908

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Temple Made: Profiles in Grit by Ronnyjane Goldsmith Pdf

Since 1884, Temple University alumni have overcome poverty, hardship and disappointment to achieve greatness. Daniel Aaron, a refugee from Nazi Germany, grew up in foster care and went on to co-found Comcast Cable, the largest cable television provider in the United States. Theo-Ben Guriab was born in apartheid Namibia and became president of the United Nations General Assembly. Edith Windsor, a daughter of immigrants, brought a case before the Supreme Court at the age of seventy-seven ensuring that all gay people in the United States receive equal protection under the law. Author Ronnyjane Goldsmith, who received her BA, MA and PhD from Temple, presents thirty inspiring profiles of what it means to be Temple Made. The author's proceeds from the book are dedicated to the Temple University Alumni Scholarship Fund established by the author to assist future alumni.

Author : Mary Emerson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472575302

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Greek Sanctuaries and Temple Architecture by Mary Emerson Pdf

Assuming no prior knowledge, this book introduces the reader to a selection of sites and temples, exploring them in detail and explaining all technical terms along the way. Intended for college-level students and the interested general reader, this book aims to equip the student of Greek architecture for further study, and can also serve as a handbook for visitors to the sanctuaries. The book covers many of the most popular sites, including Delphi, Olympia and the Athenian Acropolis. In this second edition there are new chapters on Western Greece, covering the site of Paestum in Magna Graecia (South Italy), and the unique temple of Olympian Zeus in Acragas, Sicily. The book also offers a concise account of the evolution of Greek architecture, explores aesthetic ideas underlying Greek architectural design, and gives consideration to specific buildings in their social and religious context. This second edition has expanded the discussion of the most important temples and lays emphasis on architectural sculpture as part of the meaning of the whole building. Along with an updated bibliography and a glossary, an abundance of plans, photos and drawings helps clarify the text.

Author : Lloyd Schwartz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780226741932

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Cairo Traffic by Lloyd Schwartz Pdf

In Cairo Traffic, his third book of poems, Lloyd Schwartz asks the Sphinx to explain the riddle "about, you know, / Time and Power and Families-the one you think you / have the answer to. Tell me your answer! / No . . . don't." The search for answers takes the poet to some surprising, often phantasmagoric places, and back again to the self, to dreams, to home, and even to the nursing home where his mother-sphinxlike herself-becomes the person asking the dark questions and providing some unexpected answers. These extraordinary narratives-funny and frightening, seductive and profoundly moving-explore the intersections of character and language, the places where common speech mysteriously transforms itself into poetry. This book, which includes several translations of contemporary Brazilian poems, confirms Schwartz's growing reputation as an intensely compelling and original poet.

Author : Flemming Branddrup,Gry Hedin,Gertrud Hvidberg Hansen,Peter Thule Christensen,Anders V. Munch
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788771848120

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Faaborg Museum and the Artists' Colony by Flemming Branddrup,Gry Hedin,Gertrud Hvidberg Hansen,Peter Thule Christensen,Anders V. Munch Pdf

Behind rolling hills, overlooking the fjord and the islands of Southern Funen in Denmark, lies the Faaborg Museum. With its boldly coloured walls and decorative tile floors made from local clay, the building has quite literally sprung from Funen's soil in a symbiosis of local nature and culture. Inside, visitors will find art by the 'Funen Painters', created during the period 1880 to 1928, when Faaborg was home to one of Denmark's pre-eminent artists' colonies. With their paintings of rural Funen, farmworkers and domestic scenes, the artists Peter Hansen, Fritz and Anna Syberg, Jens Birkholm and Johannes Larsen introduced new subject matter and new methods of painting to Danish art. Faaborg Museum and the Artists' Colony presents the history of Faaborg Museum, its architecture, collection and artists to international audiences for the first time. Lavishly illustrated, the book features architectural photographs and plans as well as pictures of the museum's art.

Author : W. Norman Brown
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781512814880

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A Pillared Hall from a Temple at Madura, India, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art by W. Norman Brown Pdf

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Author : W. Deonna,A. de Ridder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136196140

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Art in Greece by W. Deonna,A. de Ridder Pdf

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings: * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00 * Greek Civilization Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00 * Roman Civilization Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00 * Eastern Civilizations Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00 * Judaeo-Christian Civilization Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00 * European Civilization Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: £700.00

Author : Ernest Arthur Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Sculpture, Ancient
ISBN : WISC:89037969680

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A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner Pdf