The Museum of the Senses: Experiencing Art and Collections

by Constance Classen

Book Overview

Traditionally sight has been the only sense with a ticket to enter the museum. The same is true of histories of art, in which artworks are often presented as purely visual objects. In The Museum of the Senses Constance Classen offers a new way of approaching the history of art through the senses, revealing how people used to handle, smell and even taste collection pieces. Topics range from the tactile power of relics to the sensuous allure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474253792
• ISBN13: 9781474253796
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"