Religious objects in museums: private lives and public duties
Auteur :
Paine, Crispin
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781847887733
Date de publication :
31 janv. 2013
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
280 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.