From aesthetic promenades in noble palaces to the performativity of religious apparatus, this edited volume reconsiders some of the events, habits and spaces that contributed to defining exhibition practices and shaping the imagery of the exhibition space in the early modern period.
The contributors encourage connections between art history, exhibition studies, and architectural history, and explore micro-histories and long-term changes in order to open new perspectives for studying these pioneering exhibition-making practices. Aiming to understand what spaces have done and still do to art, the book explores an underdeveloped area in the field that has yet to trace its interdisciplinary nature and understand its place in the history of art.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, exhibition history, and architectural history.
Author(s): Pamela Bianchi
Series: Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 180
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Figures
Contributors
Part 1 Introduction
1 Reason for a Research
Introduction
Case Studies and Spaces
Notes
References
Part 2 Public Spaces
2 Trading Spaces: The Display Practices of an Early Modern Auction in Edinburgh
Introduction
The Catalogue
The Consumer
The Auction House
Display
Concluding Thoughts
Notes
References
3 The Discourse of the Salon
Notes
References
4 Royal Spectacles and Social Networks: Early 18th-Century Salon Exhibition Practices
Notes
References
Part 3 Domestic Spaces
5 Exhibition Design, Display Strategies, and Aesthetic Promenades at the Court of Gonzaga
Introduction
Performing the Ritual
Experiencing the Celeste Galleria
Notes
References
6 “A Treasure of Riches and Curiosities”: Politics of Display at the Garde-Meuble De La Couronne, 1680–1789
Notes
References
7 The Display of Metalwork in North European Domestic Spaces in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Displaying and Collecting Metalwork in the Later Middle Ages – The Starting Point
North European Domestic Spaces in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Around the Table
Domestic Objects of Piety
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part 4 Religious and Political Spaces
8 Displaying Art in a Sacred Space: The Artworks for the Triunfo of St. Ferdinand in Seville Cathedral (1671)
Introduction
Scenography, Performativity, and the Re-Signification of Sacred Space
The Triunfo in a Multisensory Exhibition
Performing Exhibition Display?
“Montage Sequence” in the Triumph Plate
Perspectives On the Material Objects
Conclusions
Notes
References
9 The Ephemeral Façade of Cardinal De Solis’s Palace: Aesthetics and Politics in 18th-Century Rome
Introduction
Piazza Colonna, Palazzo Spada-Veralli, and the Ephemeral Façade of 1761
The 1769 Ephemeral Façade
The Political Background Behind the Façade of Cardinal De Solís
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
