William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum
ISBN-13:
9780300236651
ISBN-10:
0300236654
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Mungo Campbell, Nathan Flis, María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui
Publication date:
2018
Publisher:
YC British Art
Format:
Hardcover
440 pages
Category:
Arts Collections
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ISBN-13:
9780300236651
ISBN-10:
0300236654
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Mungo Campbell, Nathan Flis, María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui
Publication date:
2018
Publisher:
YC British Art
Format:
Hardcover
440 pages
Category:
Arts Collections
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William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum (ISBN-13: 9780300236651 and ISBN-10: 0300236654), written by authors
Mungo Campbell, Nathan Flis, María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui, was published by YC British Art in 2018.
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William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition organized by the Hunterian at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with the Yale Center for British Art, to celebrate the 2018 tercentenary of The Hunterian’s founder, Dr. William Hunter (1718–1783). This publication is the first in 150 years to assess the contribution made by Hunter, the Scottish-born obstetrician, anatomist, and collector, to the development of the modern museum as a public institution.
Essays examine how Hunter gathered his collection to be used as a source of knowledge and instruction, encompassing outstanding paintings and works on paper, coins and medals, and anatomical and zoological specimens. Hunter also possessed ethnographic artifacts from Spain, the Middle East, China, and the South Pacific, and was an avid collector of medieval manuscripts and incunabula; these were all located within one of the most important “working” libraries of eighteenth-century London.
Essays examine how Hunter gathered his collection to be used as a source of knowledge and instruction, encompassing outstanding paintings and works on paper, coins and medals, and anatomical and zoological specimens. Hunter also possessed ethnographic artifacts from Spain, the Middle East, China, and the South Pacific, and was an avid collector of medieval manuscripts and incunabula; these were all located within one of the most important “working” libraries of eighteenth-century London.
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