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Sculpture Collections in Europe and the United States 1500-1930
Variety and Ambiguity
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Exploring the variety of forms taken by collections of sculpture, this volume presents new research by twelve internationally recognized scholars. The essays delve into the motivations of different collectors, the modes of display, and the aesthetics of viewing sculpture, bringing to light much new archival material. The book underscores the ambiguous nature of sculpture collections, variously understood as decorative components of interiors or gardens, as objects of desire in cabinets of curiosity, or as autonomous works of art in private and public collections. Emphasizing the collections and the ways in which these were viewed and described, this book addresses a significant but neglected aspect of art collecting and contributes to the literature on this branch of art and cultural history.
This book evolved from a symposium "Sculpture Collecting and Display, 1600-2000," organized by the Center for the History of Collecting, that was held at The Frick Collection on May 19 and 20, 2017. Both the book and the symposium were made possible through the generous support of the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.
The book is published in association with The Frick Collection.
This book evolved from a symposium "Sculpture Collecting and Display, 1600-2000," organized by the Center for the History of Collecting, that was held at The Frick Collection on May 19 and 20, 2017. Both the book and the symposium were made possible through the generous support of the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation.
The book is published in association with The Frick Collection.
Malcolm Baker, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of California, Riverside. As both a curator and a university teacher, he has written widely on the history of sculpture; his most recent book is The Marble Index. Roubiliac and Sculptural Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Britain.
Inge Jackson Reist (Ph.D., Columbia University); Founding Director (now Emerita) of the Center for the History of Collecting, The Frick Collection. Reistâs edited and authored publications focus on Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art and the History of Art Collecting.
Inge Jackson Reist (Ph.D., Columbia University); Founding Director (now Emerita) of the Center for the History of Collecting, The Frick Collection. Reistâs edited and authored publications focus on Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art and the History of Art Collecting.
Foreword
List of Illustrations
Contributors
Variety and Ambiguity: What Do We Mean by a âSculpture Collectionâ?
âMalcolm Baker
1 Sculpture Collecting and the Kunstkammer
âThomas DaCosta Kaufmann
2 The Collecting of Small Bronze Sculptures in Late Renaissance Italy: The Canonici Collection
âJeremy Warren
3 Shifting Perceptions and Changing Frameworks: The Case of Francis van Bossuit and the Place of Small-Scale Sculpture in Ivory in the Sculpture Collection
âMalcolm Baker
4 Gentlemen Prefer Bronze: Garden Sculpture and Sculpture Gardens in Britain (1720â1860)
âJulius Bryant
5 The Sculpture Gardens of Versailles, Marly, and Dresden: Magnificence and Its Limits
âBetsy Rosasco
6 The âGallerie du S.r Girardon Sculpteur Ordinaire du Royâ
âAnne-Lise Desmas
7 Porcelain as Sculpture: Medium, Materiality, and the Categories of Eighteenth-Century Collecting
âMichael Yonan
8 Art and Nature: The Country House Sculpture Gallery in the Post-Napoleonic Period
âAlison Yarrington
9 The Public Art Gallery as Arena for Modern Sculpture
âAlex Potts
10 Displaying Deceit: Alceo Dossenaâs Tomb of Maria Catharina Sabello at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
âAndrew McClellan and Marietta Cambareri
11 The Legacy of William Valentiner in Shaping the Display and Collecting of European Sculpture in American Museums, 1900âPresent: Case Studies
âAlan Phipps Darr
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
Contributors
Variety and Ambiguity: What Do We Mean by a âSculpture Collectionâ?
âMalcolm Baker
part 1: Sculpture in the Kunstkammer: Contexts, Formation, and Dispersal
1 Sculpture Collecting and the Kunstkammer
âThomas DaCosta Kaufmann
2 The Collecting of Small Bronze Sculptures in Late Renaissance Italy: The Canonici Collection
âJeremy Warren
3 Shifting Perceptions and Changing Frameworks: The Case of Francis van Bossuit and the Place of Small-Scale Sculpture in Ivory in the Sculpture Collection
âMalcolm Baker
part 2: Garden Sculptures as Collections
4 Gentlemen Prefer Bronze: Garden Sculpture and Sculpture Gardens in Britain (1720â1860)
âJulius Bryant
5 The Sculpture Gardens of Versailles, Marly, and Dresden: Magnificence and Its Limits
âBetsy Rosasco
part 3: The Sculpture Gallery and Dedicated Spaces for Sculpture
6 The âGallerie du S.r Girardon Sculpteur Ordinaire du Royâ
âAnne-Lise Desmas
7 Porcelain as Sculpture: Medium, Materiality, and the Categories of Eighteenth-Century Collecting
âMichael Yonan
8 Art and Nature: The Country House Sculpture Gallery in the Post-Napoleonic Period
âAlison Yarrington
part 4: The Changing Place of Sculpture in the Public Museum
9 The Public Art Gallery as Arena for Modern Sculpture
âAlex Potts
10 Displaying Deceit: Alceo Dossenaâs Tomb of Maria Catharina Sabello at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
âAndrew McClellan and Marietta Cambareri
11 The Legacy of William Valentiner in Shaping the Display and Collecting of European Sculpture in American Museums, 1900âPresent: Case Studies
âAlan Phipps Darr
Bibliography
Index
Beyond its obvious relevance to academic and curatorial audiences, this book will appeal to members of the general public interested in the relevance of collecting to European and American cultural history.