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The Museum of the Senses - Experiencing Art and Collections (Hardcover, HPOD)
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The Museum of the Senses - Experiencing Art and Collections (Hardcover, HPOD)
Series: Sensory Studies Series
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Traditionally sight has been the only sense with a ticket to enter
the museum. The same is true of histories of art, in which artworks
are often presented as purely visual objects. In The Museum of the
Senses Constance Classen offers a new way of approaching the
history of art through the senses, revealing how people used to
handle, smell and even taste collection pieces. Topics range from
the tactile power of relics to the sensuous allure of cabinets of
curiosities, and from the feel of a Rembrandt to the scent of
Monet's garden. The book concludes with a discussion of how
contemporary museums are stimulating the senses through interactive
and multimedia displays. Classen, a leading authority on the
cultural history of the senses, has produced a fascinating study of
sensual and emotional responses to artefacts from the middle ages
to the present. The Museum of the Senses is an important read for
anyone interested in the history of art as well as for students and
researchers in cultural studies and museum studies.
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