THE LIVES OF THE OBJECTS
V&A Director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt
Well this book is a joy for me. Objects, incredible objects full of history, full of their own incredible story. I jumped the gun with this when I published a piece in very early Phacemag about Tipu's Tiger... Look out for two things about this book...
1/ It's a gorgeous book
2/ You can view it's contents for real at The V&A
Ok 3/4 things...
3/ Take the book with you and press the page when you get there pretending it comes alive!....
Come on paulie back to your desk...
but make sure you tell them about...
4/ Robin Hood Gardens!
2/ You can view it's contents for real at The V&A
Ok 3/4 things...
3/ Take the book with you and press the page when you get there pretending it comes alive!....
Come on paulie back to your desk...
but make sure you tell them about...
4/ Robin Hood Gardens!
In this intriguing insight into the work and history of a museum, V&A Director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt brings together ten renowned V&A curators to tell the stories behind ten of their most treasured objects. ‘Tipu’s Tiger’ (an almost life-size wooden semiautomaton mauling
a European soldier), the ‘Great Bed of Ware’ (an Elizabethan bed for 8 people) and a Shakespeare First Folio are among the featured highlights whose route to the V&A collections are entertainingly revealed. Through these stories, this insightful history of museum curation – a world of careful study and sometimes remarkable fortuity – shows how the priorities of a museum are shaped and change over time.
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