TY - GEN T1 - The museum of the senses : experiencing art and collections T2 - Sensory studies series A1 - Classen, Constance, 1957- LA - English PP - London ; New York PB - Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc YR - 2017 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn978295704 AB - "Traditionally sight has been the only sense with a ticket to enter the museum. The same is true of histories of art, in which artworks are often presented as purely visual objects. The Museum of the Senses offers a sensory history of art and collections, revealing how people used to handle, smell and even taste artworks and artefacts. Topics range from the tactile power of relics to the sensuous allure of cabinets of curiosities, and from the feel of a Rembrandt to the scent of Monet's garden. The book concludes with a discussion of how contemporary museums are stimulating the senses through interactive and multimedia displays. Constance Classen, a leading authority on the cultural history of the senses, has produced a fascinating study of sensual and emotional responses to artefacts from the middle ages to the present. The Museum of the Senses is an important read for anyone interested in the history of art as well as for students and researchers in cultural studies and museum studies"-- CN - N410 SN - 9781474252461 SN - 147425246X SN - 9781474252447 SN - 1474252443 SN - 9781474252454 SN - 1474252451 SN - 9781474252430 SN - 1474252435 SN - 1474253792 SN - 9781474253796 KW - Art museums : Social aspects. KW - Material culture : Social aspects. KW - Art appreciation : History. KW - Sensory evaluation. KW - Culture mateĢrielle : Aspect social. KW - ART / Museum Studies. KW - HISTORY / Social History. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. KW - Art appreciation KW - Art museums : Social aspects KW - Material culture : Social aspects KW - Sensory evaluation KW - Electronic book. KW - History ER -