Museums and the Construction of Disciplines - Art and Archaeology in Nineteenth-century Britain (Paperback)

Museums and museum politics were important elements in the development of the disciplines of Archaeology and Art History in nineteenth-century Britain. Here Christopher Whitehead explores some of the key debates and events which led to the conceptual differentiation and physical separation of 'archaeological' and 'artistic' material culture, looking especially at the ways in which objects and histories were contested within museum politics. For example, in the 1850s, the status of Egyptian antiquities as 'art' or 'archaeology' was keenly debated, and this related closely to questions about which kinds of museum should house them and the possible histories and epistemologies in which they might figure. This concise study serves as a basis for a discussion of the continued intellectual legacy of this for our understanding, management and presentation of the past in the museum and in curricula. It is argued that by understanding the politics and circumstances through which the two disciplines were delimited and distinguished from one another we may be able to glimpse, retrospectively, the possibility of alternative art histories and alternative archaeologies.

General

Imprint:	Bristol Classical Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Debates in Archaeology
Release date:	June 2009
First published:	July 2009
Authors:	Christopher Whitehead
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-7156-3508-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General
LSN:	0-7156-3508-5
Barcode:	9780715635087

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