The Ashmolean Museum: Crossing Cultures, Crossing Time - Softcover

Wodehouse, Katherine

 
9781854442895: The Ashmolean Museum: Crossing Cultures, Crossing Time
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1854442899 ISBN 13: 9781854442895
Verlag: Ashmolean Museum, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

The Ashmolean opened its doors on 21 May 1683, making it Britain's first public museum. It now ranks as one of the world's greatest collections of art and archaeology with an extraordinary range of objects from prehistory to the present day, spanning Antiquities, Western and Eastern Art, Coins and Casts. This volume is divided into sections by media or object type, with each section ordered chronologically. Many objects have never been highlighted before and almost one in ten have been acquired since 2009, clearly demonstrating the Museum's continuing mission to add to its collections. Contents: Foreword; A History of the Museum; Sculpture; Applied Arts; Textiles. Jewellery & Gems; Musical Instruments; Currency & Medals; Documents & Inscribed Objects; Photographs; and; Prints. It also includes Drawings & Watercolours; Paintings; Further Reading; and; Index.

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Verlag
Ashmolean Museum
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1854442899
ISBN 13 
9781854442895
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
464
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