Tangible Things
Subtitle: Making History through Objects
By: Tangible things : making history through objects / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara J. Schechner, Sarah Anne Carter with photographs by Samantha S. B. van Gerbig.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780199382286
Description: • Presents an innovative and unprecedented exhibition as a new framework for thinking about museum collections
• Challenges the boundaries between museums and between academic disciplines
• Introduces an astonishing array of objects hidden in Harvard collections
• Each chapter includes accessible and entertaining case studies
• 200 beautiful photographs that illustrate modes of close looking
• Grants access to a companion website, allowing deeper exploration into the more than 200 objects in the original exhibition
Notes: Alk. paper. 200 colour illustrations.
Table of contents: title: About the Companion Website
pagenum: ix; title: Preface and Acknowledgements
pagenum: ix; title: Introduction : Thinking with things
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: THINGS IN PLACE
pagenum: 21; title: Natural History • An Orchid: Say it with Flowers
pagenum: 38; title: Anthrolopology and Archaeology • A Glass Jar: A Surface Find in the Semitic Museum
pagenum: 46; title: Books and Manuscripts • A Papyrus Fragment: Plato from the Sharp-Nosed Trash
pagenum: 51; title: Art • A Limestone Mold: Set in Stone
pagenum: 55; title: Science and Medicine • A Collection of Powders: Political Chemistry
pagenum: 59; title: History • A Field-Hockey Dress: Fit for a Knockabout Sport
pagenum: 64; label: 2
title: THINGS UNPLACED
pagenum: 71; title: A Gift from the Ladies of Llangollen: Memorandums of a Cottage
pagenum: 80; title: A Galapagos Tortoise Shell: "Ship Abigail"
pagenum: 85; title: A Carved Spoon: Pointing a Finger
pagenum: 93; title: A Mexican Tortilla: From Exotic to Ordinary
pagenum: 97; title: A Beetle Ornament: Exotic Opulence
pagenum: 103; title: A Board Game: Tracking Blondie
pagenum: 108; label: 3
title: THINGS OUT OF PLACE
pagenum: 115; title: An Artist's Palette: the Psychology of Vision
pagenum: 135; title: Bluebird: Calling for the Vote
pagenum: 141; title: A Hand Plow: Plowshares and Swords
pagenum: 148; title: A Carved Bird Skull: Nature or Culture?
pagenum: 152; label: 4
title: THINGS IN STORIES—STORIES IN THINGS
pagenum: 159; title: Objects as Portals
pagenum: 164; title: A Nostalgic Painting: The Message
pagenum: 172; title: Transits of Venus
pagenum: 179; title: Changing Stories about American Indians
pagenum: 186; title: Photo Essay: Unexpected Discoveries: The Joy of Object Photography
pagenum: 193; title: Appendix: Harvard Collections that Contributed to Tangible Things
pagenum: 209; title: Notes
pagenum: 217; title: About the Authors
pagenum: 243; title: Picture Credits
pagenum: 245