A grand design : the art of the Victoria and Albert Museum
1999, 1st edition, reprint. London Baltimore : V & A Publications ; Baltimore Museum of Art. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390496
ISBN: 1851773088
Physical description: 431 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. Notes: Catalog of a traveling exhibition shown at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and other museums Oct. 1997-Jan. 2000. Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-411) and index. Contents: Museums, collections, and their histories / Malcolm Baker -- The idealist enterprise and the applied arts / Michael Conforti -- The Victoria and Albert Museum : an illustrated chronology / Richard Dunn and Anthony Burton -- Industrial arts and the exhibition ideal / Peter Trippi -- Teaching by example : education and the formation of South Kensington's museums / Rafael Cardoso Denis -- An encyclopedia of treasures : the idea of the great collection / Timothy Stevens and Peter Trippi -- The empire of things : the engagement with the Orient / Partha Mitter and Craig Clunas -- National consciousness, national heritage, and the idea of "englishness" / Charles Saumarez Smith -- Collecting the twentieth century / Christopher Wilk. Subjects: Victoria and Albert Museum; Exhibitions; Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England) Catalogues; Art England London; Art museums England; Decorative arts Great Britain History; Museums History; Cultural property; Design; Fine arts.
Price: €125.00