Nature's museums : Victorian science and the architecture of display

著者

• Yanni, Carla

書誌事項

Nature's museums : Victorian science and the architecture of display

Carla Yanni

Athlone Press, 1999

注記

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The architecture of British natural history museums reveals the complex definitions of nature in the 19th century. "Nature's Museums" allows the buildings themselves to act as a guide to the Victorians' understanding of the natural world.

目次

• Museum vision - "sights unseen before
• displays of natural knowledge in the 1830s and 40s
• nature as creation - the Oxford University Museum
• nature as a natural resource - the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art
• nature in conflict - The Natural History Museum in London
• still life - natural history museums today. Conclusion: the role of architecture in the social construction of knowledge. Epilogue: two more arks - the Museum of Creation and the Museum of Jurassic Technology.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA45138638
• ISBN:
  • 0485004054
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 199 p.
• 大きさ: 28 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QH70.A1
  • DC21 : 508/.074
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Natural history museums -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Museum architecture -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Architecture, Victorian