Description
| Product ID: | 9780367545390 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950 |
| Title: | Women and the Art and Science of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century Europe |
| Authors: | Author: Arlene Leis, Kacie L. Wills |
| Page Count: | 220 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, History of art, History of art, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Museology and heritage studies, Regional / International studies, European history, Cultural studies, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Museology & heritage studies, Regional studies, European history, Cultural studies, Gender studies: women, Sociology, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, Europe, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Through both longer essays and shorter case studies, this book examines the relationship of European women from various countries and backgrounds to collecting. Through both longer essays and shorter case studies, this book examines the relationship of European women from various countries and backgrounds to collecting, in order to explore the social practices and material and visual cultures of collecting in eighteenth-century Europe. It recovers their lives and examines their interests, their methodologies, and their collections and objects—some of which have rarely been studied before. The book also considers women’s role as producers, that is, creators of objects that were collected. Detailed examination of the artefacts—both visually, and in relation to their historical contexts—exposes new ways of thinking about collecting in relation to the arts and sciences in eighteenth-century Europe. The book is interdisciplinary in its makeup and brings together scholars from a wide range of fields. It will be of interest to those working in art history, material and visual culture, history of collecting, history of science, literary studies, women’s studies, gender studies, and art conservation. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-05-06 |
