9781474253796-1474253792-The Museum of the Senses: Experiencing Art and Collections (Sensory Studies Series)

The Museum of the Senses: Experiencing Art and Collections (Sensory Studies Series)

ISBN-13: 9781474253796
ISBN-10: 1474253792
Edition: HPOD
Author: Constance Classen
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback 184 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781474253796
ISBN-10: 1474253792
Edition: HPOD
Author: Constance Classen
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback 184 pages

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The Museum of the Senses: Experiencing Art and Collections (Sensory Studies Series) (ISBN-13: 9781474253796 and ISBN-10: 1474253792), written by authors Constance Classen, was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2017. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other Arts Collections (Historical Study & Educational Resources, Museum Studies & Museology, Social Sciences, Cultural, Anthropology, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Museum of the Senses: Experiencing Art and Collections (Sensory Studies Series) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Arts Collections books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.65.

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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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