| Description |
431 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm. |
| Note |
Catalog of a traveling exhibition shown at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and other museums Oct. 1997-Jan. 2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-411) and index. |
| Contents |
Museums, collections, and their histories / Malcolm Baker -- Idealist enterprise and the applied arts / Michael Conforti -- 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 -- Encyclopedia of treasures : the idea of the great collection / Timothy Stevens and Peter Trippi -- 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. |
| Subject |
Victoria and Albert Museum -- Exhibitions.
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Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Art -- Exhibitions.
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Art -- England -- London -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Baker, Malcolm.
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Richardson, Brenda.
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Burton, Anthony.
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Baltimore Museum of Art.
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| ISBN |
0912298707 (pbk.) |
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0810933993 |
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