Religious Objects in Museums: Private Lives and Public Duties

by Crispin Paine

Book Overview

In the past, museums often changed the meaning of icons or statues of deities from sacred to aesthetic, or used them to declare the superiority of Western society, or simply as cultural and historical evidence. The last generation has seen faith groups demanding to control 'their' objects, and curators recognising that objects can only be understood within their original religious context. In recent years there has been an explosion of interest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847887732
• ISBN13: 9781847887733
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"