Creating the British Galleries at the V&A: A Study in Museology; Annali del Laboratorio Museotecnico Vol. IV

Wilk, Christopher and Nick Humphrey

ISBN 10: 1851774513 / ISBN 13: 9781851774517

Verlag: V&A, London, 2004

Beschreibung

Forest green wraps with black lettering; French flaps; 283 pp., 75 colour plates and 91 bw illustrations; 1 fold-out map of the galleries. Text in English. Twelve in-depth chapters about the history, concept, design, lighting, content development, period rooms, educational basis for the galleries, audio programmes, interpretations of displays, visiting the galleries, and much more. Choc-a-bloc with diagrams, illustrations, photographs of the galleries and works in progress, etc. Thirteen enormously informational appendices and a plethora of notes. You really need this wonderful book, unless I buy it first! VG but for one essay with highlighting and red pen marks by a former owner, an Italian exhibition engineering specialist.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 138749

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Creating the British Galleries at the V&A: A Study in Museology; Annali del Laboratorio Museotecnico Vol. IV
• Verlag: V&A, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1851774513
• ISBN-13: 9781851774517
• Einband: Softcover
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • European Art

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

The British Galleries were opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2001 to huge international acclaim and have subsequently won awards. The environmentally controlled galleries allowed, for the first time in the Museum's history, all of the categories of British decorative and fine art to be displayed including textiles, lacquer, works on paper and the most fragile gilding. This book details the immense task of putting the galleries together, from the initial early days of research through to acquisition, design and implementation.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Christopher Wilk is Keeper of Furniture, Textiles & Fashion at the V&A. He was Project Leader for the British Galleries and is currently working on a major exhibition on Modernism, opening in 2006. Nick Humphrey is a Curator in the V&A's Department of Furniture, Textiles & Fashion. He was also a key member of the British Galleries team.