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From Darkness to Light: Writers in Museums 1798-1898
- Rosella Mamoli Zorzi(editor)
- Katherine Manthorne (editor)
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| Title | From Darkness to Light |
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| Subtitle | Writers in Museums 1798-1898 |
| Contributor | Rosella Mamoli Zorzi(editor) |
| Katherine Manthorne (editor) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0151 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0151 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Rosella Mamoli Zorzi; Katherine Manthorne |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Publication place | Cambridge, UK |
| Published on | 2019-03-12 |
| ISBN | 978-1-78374-549-4 (Paperback) |
| 978-1-78374-550-0 (Hardback) | |
| 978-1-78374-551-7 (PDF) | |
| 978-1-80064-570-7 (HTML) | |
| 978-1-78374-723-8 (XML) | |
| 978-1-78374-552-4 (EPUB) | |
| 978-1-78374-553-1 (MOBI) | |
| Short abstract | Written by an array of international experts, these collected essays gather perspectives from a diverse range of cultural sensibilities. From sensitive discussions of Tintoretto’s unique approach to the play of light and darkness as exhibited in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, to the development of museum lighting as part of Japanese artistic self-fashioning, via the story of an epic American painting on tour, museum illumination in the work of Henry James, and lighting alterations at Chatsworth (to name only a few topics) this book is a treasure trove of illuminating contributions. |
| Long abstract | From Darkness to Light explores from a variety of angles the subject of museum lighting in exhibition spaces in America, Japan, and Western Europe throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Written by an array of international experts, these collected essays gather perspectives from a diverse range of cultural sensibilities. From sensitive discussions of Tintoretto’s unique approach to the play of light and darkness as exhibited in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, to the development of museum lighting as part of Japanese artistic self-fashioning, via the story of an epic American painting on tour, museum illumination in the work of Henry James, and lighting alterations at Chatsworth (to name only a few topics) this book is a treasure trove of illuminating contributions. The collection is at once a refreshing insight for the enthusiastic museum-goer, who is brought to an awareness of the exhibit in its immediate environment, and a wide-ranging scholarly compendium for the professional who seeks to proceed in their academic or curatorial work with a more enlightened sense of the lighted space. |
| Print length | 392 pages (xviii+374) |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Dimensions | 156 x 27 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 1.07" x 9.21" (Paperback) |
| 156 x 30 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 1.19" x 9.21" (Hardback) | |
| Weight | 1636g | 57.71oz (Paperback) |
| 2033g | 71.71oz (Hardback) | |
| Media | 44 illustrations |
| 1 table | |
| OCLC Number | 1107380784 |
| LCCN | 2019452878 |
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Contents
- Melania G. Mazzucco
- David E. Nye
- Maria Agnese Chiari Moretto Wiel
4. John Ruskin and Henry James in the Enchanting Darkness of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
(pp. 53–70)- Rosella Mamoli Zorzi
5. Light at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
(pp. 71–78)- Demetrio Sonaglioni
6. The Light in the Venice Ducal Palace
(pp. 79–86)- Camillo Tonini
- Emma Sdegno
- Cristina Beltrami
- Burton K. Kummerow
10. Illuminating the Big Picture: Frederic Church’s Heart of the Andes Viewed by Writers
(pp. 117–128)- Katherine Manthorne
- Kathleen Lawrence
- Holly Salmon
- Lee Glazer
- Sarah Quill
15. Sir John Soane
(pp. 177–188)- Helen Dorey
16. Chatsworth, a Modern English Mansion
(pp. 189–200)- Marina Coslovi
- Paula Deitz
18. Remarks on Illumination in Nineteenth-Century American Travel Writings on Madrid’s Prado Museum
(pp. 211–220)- Pere Gifra-Adroher
- Cristina Acidini
- Margherita Ciacci
- Joshua Parker
- Page S. Knox
- Adrienne Baxter Bell
- Dorsey Kleitz
- Sandra Lucore
25. Premonitions: Shakespeare to James
(pp. 309–318)- Sergio Perosa
- Alberto Pasetti Bombardella
27. Time and Light
(pp. 323–332)- Antonio Foscari
- Rosella Mamoli Zorzi
- Katherine Manthorne
Contributors
Rosella Mamoli Zorzi
(editor)Professor of American Literature, Emeritus at Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
Katherine Manthorne
(editor)Professor of Art History, Graduate Center at City University of New York