Sacred objects in secular spaces : exhibiting Asian religions in museums /: exhibiting Asian religions in museums. (2015 copyright 2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Bruce M. Sullivan.
• Other Names: Sullivan, Bruce M, 1951-
• Contents: Part 1: Exhibiting Hindu and Sikh Religious Objects in Museums -- 1. What Do Indian Images Really Want? : A Biographical Approach / Richard H. Davis (Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Bard College, USA) -- 2. Under the Gaze of Kali : Exhibitionism in the Kalighat Painting Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art / Deepak Sarma (Professor of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University, USA) -- 3. Reconsecrating the Icons : The New Phenomenon of Yoga in Museums / Bruce M. Sullivan (Professor, Comparative Study of Religions & Asian Studies, Northern Arizona University, USA) -- 4. Sikh Museuming : Relics and Rights in India and in Diaspora / Anne Murphy (Chair in Punjabi Language, Literature and Sikh Studies, Dept. of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, USA) -- Part 2: Exhibiting Buddhist Religious Objects in Museums -- 5. Planning the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Gallery of Buddhist Sculpture, 2009-2014 / John Clarke (Curator of South and South East Asian Art at the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK) -- 6. Entering the Virtual Mandala : Transformative Environments in Hybrid Spaces / Jeff Durham (Assistant Curator of Himalayan Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA) -- 7. Discovery and Display : Case Studies from the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Denise Patry Leidy (Curator of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA) -- 8. Hiroshi Sugimoto and the Perception of Japanese Sacred Objects / James T. Ulak (Senior Curator of Japanese Art, Freer Gallery of Art & the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, USA) -- 9. Mapping Cultures, Digital Exhibitions, Learning Networks : The Creative Collaborations at Austin College and the Crow Collection of Asian Art / Ivette Vargas-O'Bryan (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Austin College, USA) -- Part 3: Exhibiting "World Religions" in Museums -- 10. Sacred Word and Image : Five World Religions Exhibited at Phoenix Art Museum / Janet Baker (Curator of Asian Art, Phoenix Art Museum, USA) -- 11. Preaching Museums : Ideology and World Religions Museums / Charles D. Orzech (Reader in Religion, Conflict & Transition, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow, UK) -- Part 4: Memory and Meaning in Museums -- 12. Detritus to Treasure : Memory, Metonymy, and the Museum / Michael Willis (Curator of South Asian Art, The British Museum, UK).
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 069; Hinduism; Museums -- Social aspects; Museum exhibits -- Social aspects; Museums -- Religious aspects; Museum exhibits -- Religious aspects; Religious articles -- Asia; Religion and culture; Hinduism -- History -- Sources; Buddhism -- History -- Sources; Sikhism -- History -- Sources; RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist); RELIGION / Hinduism / General; ART / Asian; ART / Museum Studies; Conservation, restoration & care of artworks; Religion & beliefs; Religion -- Buddhism -- General; Religion -- Hinduism -- General; Art -- Asian; Art -- Museum Studies; Buddhism; Asia -- Religion -- Sources
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472590831
• Related ISBNs: 147259083X
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