Religious Objects in Museums: Private Lives and Public Duties by Crispin Paine

Religious Objects in Museums: Private Lives and Public Duties

Crispin Paine

192 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art history informative medium-paced

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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 g...

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