- Title :
-
Interpreting objects and collections; New York; Routledge
The collection : between the visible and the invisible
- Author :
- POMIAN, Krzysztof ;
- Publication year :
- 1994
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Compares the contents of private collections and museums with funerary, sacrificial, and religious objects, using as examples works from Neolithic burial sites, ancient Greek and Roman temples, Christian reliquaries, and royal collections. Focuses on the role of objects as mediators between the visible world (the world of the living), and the invisible world (the world of the dead). ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Antique (art) ; Art ; Art funéraire ; Christianisme ; Collectionneurs ; Collections ; Comparaison ; Grec (art) ; Mort ; Musée ; Néolithique ; Religion ; Reliquaire ; Romain (art) ; Royauté ; Sacrifice ; Temple ; Tombe ; Vie ; 1900-2000 ;
- Descriptors :
- Ancient ; Art ; Christianity ; Collections ; Collectors ; Comparison ; Death ; Funerary art ; Graves ; Greek ; Life ; Museums ; Neolithic ; Religion ; Reliquaries ; Roman ; Royalty ; Sacrifice ; Temples ; 1900-2000 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24874568 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 04151128850415112893 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- UNITED STATES ;
