The Museum of the Senses - Experiencing Art and Collections

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.>

Product details

• Authors: Constance Classen, Constance (Mcgill University Classen, Prof Constance (Mcgill University Classen
• Assisted by: David Howes (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781474253796
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-5379-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Sensory Studies Series; Sensory Studies; Sensory Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Sociology, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, ART / Museum Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Museology and heritage studies