Download or read book Revisiting the Past in Museums and at Historic Sites written by Anca I. Lasc and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisiting the Past in Museums and at Historic Sites demonstrates that museums and historic spaces are increasingly becoming "backdrops" for all sorts of appropriations and interventions that throw new light upon the objects they comprise and the pasts they reference. Rooted in new scholarship that expands established notions of art installations, museums, period rooms, and historic sites, the book brings together contributions from scholars from intersecting disciplines. Arguing that we are witnessing a paradigm shift concerning the place of historic spaces and museums in the contemporary imaginary, the volume shows that such institutions are merging traditional scholarly activities tied to historical representation and inquiry with novel modes of display and interpretation, drawing them closer to the world of entertainment and interactive consumption. Case studies analyze how a range of interventions impact historic spaces and conceptions of the past they generate. The book concludes that museums and historic sites are reinventing themselves in order to remain meaningful and to play a role in societies aspiring to be more inclusive and open to historical and cultural debate. Revisiting the Past in Museums and at Historic Sites will be of interest to students and faculty who are engaged in the study of museums, art history, architectural and design history, social and cultural history, interior design, visual culture, and material culture.
Download or read book Race and Reunion written by David W. BLIGHT and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race relations and America's national reunion.
Download or read book Managing Historic Sites and Buildings written by David Baker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Historic Sites and Buildings looks at the choices and the tensions that exist in conservation and interpretation of the heritage. Preservation and presentation are central activities, arguably means and ends in the conservation of the historic environment. But are they self-reinforcing or do they work against each other? In a series of essays which span form prehistoric sacred site to Second World war military remains, from medieval monastery to 1970s housing estate, we look at contemporary concerns and debates about the way the past is shaped, physically and metaphorically , by these two aspects of heritage management. Starting from the position that the fundamental purpose of the whole process is to communicate understanding about the human past, these essays examine how far the ideologies, strategies, tactics and techniques of preservation and presentation are mutually supportive. the success of integrated approaches that are inclusive of social, economic and green environmental concerns is understood, but the value of developing truly sustainable management for individual historic places is only just becoming evident. At the heart of such an approach lies a crucial relationship between the activity of preserving historic places and of promoting understanding of their significance.
Download or read book Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey written by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Download or read book Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey written by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Memorials Relating to the Independents Or Congregationalists written by Benjamin Hanbury and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Memorials Relating to the Independents Or Congregationalists 1637 1645 written by Benjamin Hanbury and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book War Monuments Museums and Library Collections of 20th Century Conflicts written by Steve Rajtar and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique state-by-state directory covers monuments, memorials, museums, markers, statues and library collections that relate to the veterans, weapons, vehicles, airplanes, victims or any other aspect of war in which the United States participated. While a site may have been created before 1900 (such as a fort), there must be some operational or historical tie to a twentieth century conflict to be included here. General collections, such as museums of aviation, are included if they house materials related to a twentieth century conflict. The coverage is so thorough that statues honoring veterans of the Civil War appear if veterans of later wars are on their rosters of honorees. Another example of the comprehensiveness of this compilation is in the inclusion of memorials to victims of war such as the Holocaust Museum in Houston, Texas. For each site, the following information is given: street address, phone number, website and email address (if applicable), days and hours of operation, admission fees, other necessary information, and a brief description of the site.
Download or read book Historical memorials relating to the Independents or Congregationalists to 1660 written by Benjamin Hanbury and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Memorials Relating to the Independents Or Congregationalists 1549 1637 written by Benjamin Hanbury and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Historical Memorial of the Negotiation of France and England written by Etienne-François duc de Choiseul and published by London : Printed for D. Wilson, and T. Becket, and P.A. Dehondt. This book was released on 1761 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Historical Memorial of the Negotiation of France and England written by France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV) and published by . This book was released on 1761 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Memorial of the Negotiation of France and England from the 26th of March 1761 to the 20th of Sept written by and published by . This book was released on 1761 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Memorials of the Stewarts of Forthergill Perthshire and Their Male Descendants written by Charles Poyntz Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History and genealogical data about the Stewart family of Forthergill, Perthshire, Scotland about 1100 A.D. and 1879.
Download or read book Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins Monuments and Memorials written by Jeanette Bicknell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of newly published essays examines our relationship to physical objects that invoke, commemorate, and honor the past. The recent destruction of cultural heritage in war and controversies over Civil War monuments in the US have foregrounded the importance of artifacts that embody history. The book invites us to ask: How do memorials convey their meanings? What is our responsibility for the preservation or reconstruction of historically significant structures? How should we respond when the public display of a monument divides a community? This anthology includes coverage of the destruction of Palmyra and the Bamiyan Buddhas, the loss of cultural heritage through war and natural disasters, the explosive controversies surrounding Confederate-era monuments, and the decay of industry in the U.S. Rust Belt. The authors consider issues of preservation and reconstruction, the nature of ruins, the aesthetic and ethical values of memorials, and the relationship of cultural memory to material artifacts that remain from the past. Written by a leading group of philosophers, art historians, and archeologists, the 23 chapters cover monuments and memorials from Dubai to Detroit, from the instant destruction of Hiroshima to the gradual sinking of Venice.
Download or read book Historical Memorial of the Negotiation of France and England from the 26th of March 1761 to the 20th of Sept written by Etienne-François duc de Choiseul and published by . This book was released on 1761 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
