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The Art of the Anthropological Diorama
Franz Boas, Arthur C. Parker, and Constructing Authenticity
Langbeschreibung
Dioramas are devices on the frontier of different disciplines: art, anthropology, and the natural sciences, to name a few. Their use developed during the nineteenth century, following reforms aimed at reinforcing the educational dimension of museums. While dioramas with human figures are now the subject of healthy criticism and are gradually being dismantled, a thorough study of the work of artists and scientists who made them helps shed light on their genesis. Among other displays, this book examines anthropological dioramas of two North American museums in the early twentieth century: the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the New York State Museum. Sites of creation and mediation of knowledge, combining painting, sculpture, photography, and material culture, dioramas tell a story that is always political.
Noémie Étienne, Universität Bern.
Autor*in:
Noemie Etienne
Art:
Kartoniert
Sprache :
Englisch
ISBN-13:
9783110742268
Verlag:
De Gruyter GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum:
23.08.2021
Erscheinungsjahr:
2021
Ausgabe:
1/2021
Maße:
24.00x17.00x0.00 cm
Seiten:
228
Gewicht:
570 g