| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 428 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Part IProvenance: Past and Future Challenges; Chapter 1The Provenance of Provenances; Chapter 2Intellectual Property and Ownership History; Chapter 3Provenance Research in Museums; Chapter 4Transforming Research Methodologies; Chapter 5Digging in Digital Archives; Chapter 6Exhibiting Provenance in the University Museum; Chapter 7Provenance in 2050; Part IIObjects in Motion; Chapter 8Provenance as Palimpsest; Chapter 9Archaeology, Fakery, and Lunacy; Chapter 10The Importance of Provenance inNineteenth-Century Paris and Beyond |
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Chapter 11The Medieval Bury ChestChapter 12Plunder, Dissolution, and Dodgy Dealing; Chapter 13Documenting the Violin Trade in Paris, 1930-1945; Chapter 14Twice Plundered, and Still Far from Home; Part IIIMuseums and Collection Formation; Chapter 15Lost and Found; Chapter 16Thomas Pattinson Yeats (1746-1782), Naturalist; Chapter 17A Kato Mosi Kaka and Other Tongan Treasures fromthe United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)in the Smithsonian Institution; Chapter 18Provenance and Place in Indigenous Australia; Chapter 19Pursuing Provenance; Chapter 20One Object, Three Histories |
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Chapter 21Forest GoldPart IVProvenance and Collecting Policies; Chapter 22A Voyage into the Half-Known; Chapter 23Forgotten Language of the Ledger; Chapter 24The Holy Family on an Unholy Odyssey; Chapter 25Problems, Practices, and Politics of ProvenancingObjects from China's Yuanmingyuan; Chapter 26Crisis Response and Beyond; Chapter 27Antiquities Trafficking and the Provenance Problem; Chapter 28Before, During, and After; Index; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
The book fills a gap in the study of provenance, taking the subject holistically and from multiple standpoints, which better reflect the widening interest in provenance from a range of disciplinary perspectives |
| Notes |
"Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and the University of Glasgow, in association with Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Museums -- Collection management.
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Art -- Provenance.
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Collectors and collecting -- History
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Cultural property -- Protection.
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collections management.
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provenance (history of ownership)
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Art -- Provenance
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Collectors and collecting
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Cultural property -- Protection
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Museums -- Collection management
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Milosch, Jane.
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Pearce, Nick.
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| ISBN |
153812758X |
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9781538127582 |
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