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224pp, copiously illustrated throughout. A Fine (New) copy - still in publisher shrink-wrap. Please see four pictures attached. Carefully packaged and dispatched within 24 hours. Note: Owing to 1.4kg weight an adjustment to shipping charge may be requested for International ordering. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1762962184364
An in-depth study that sheds a fascinating new light on Sir John Soane (1753–1837) and his world-renowned collection
A Financial Times Best Book of 2024: Art, Design, and Fashion
Sir John Soane’s architecture has enjoyed a revival of interest over the last seventy years, yet Soane as a collector―the strategy behind and motivation for Soane’s bequest to the nation―has remained largely unexplored. While Soane referred to the display of objects in his house and museum as “studies for my own mind,” he never explained what he meant by this, and the ambiguity surrounding his motivation remains perennially fascinating.
This book illuminates a side of Soane’s personality unfamiliar to most students of his life and work by examining key strands in his collection and what they reveal about Soane and the psychology of collecting. Topics include the display of antiquities; his fascination with ruins, both literal and figurative; his singular response to Gothic architecture; and his investment in modern British painting and sculpture. These aspects are bookended by an introductory biographical chapter that highlights the ways in which his family and career informed his collecting habits as well as an epilogue that analyses the challenges of turning a private house and collection into a public museum.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Bruce Boucher is an art historian and curator who served as director of Sir John Soane’s Museum from 2016 to 2023. Specializing in Italian Renaissance, Baroque, and Neo-classical art and architecture, he is the author of a number of books, including The Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino, Andrea Palladio: the Architect in his Time and Earth and Fire: Italian Terracotta Sculpture from Donatello to Canova.
Titel: John Soane's Cabinet of Curiosities: ...
Verlag: Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
Anbieter: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, USA
Zustand: New. 2024. hardcover. Artikel-Nr. 9780300275698
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 208 pages. 10.63x8.51x0.94 inches. In Stock. Artikel-Nr. __0300275692
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Anbieter: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Vereinigtes Königreich
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