Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9780857852984
0857852981
9781474215411
1474215416
9780857852991
085785299X
9781847887733
1847887732
9781847887740
1847887740
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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. The last generation has seen faith groups demanding to control 'their' objects, and curators recognising that objects can only be understood within their original religious context. In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the role religion plays in museums, with major exhibitions highlighting the religious as well as the historical nature of objects. Using examples fr.
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| Other form: | Print version: Paine, Crispin. Religious objects in museums. English ed. London ; New York : Berg Publishers, 2013 9781847887733
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| Standard no.: | 10.5040/9781474215411
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