Displaying art in the early modern period: exhibiting practices and exhibition spaces

Abstract

"From aesthetic promenades in noble palaces to the performativity of religious apparatus, this edited volume reconsiders some of the events, habits and spaces that contributed to defining exhibition practices and shaping the imagery of the exhibition space in the early modern period. The contributors encourage connections between art history, exhibition studies, and architectural history, and explore micro-histories and long-term changes in order to open new perspectives for studying these pioneering exhibition-making practices. Aiming to understand what spaces have done and still do to art, the book explores an underdeveloped area in the field that has yet to trace its interdisciplinary nature and understand its place in the history of art. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, exhibition history, and architectural history"--Provided by publisher.

Contents

1. Reason for research / Pamela Bianchi -- 2. Trading spaces : the display practices of an early modern auction in Edinburgh / Antonia Laurence Allen -- 3. The discourse of the Salon / Isabelle Piquet -- 4. Royal spectacles and social networks : early 18th century salon exhibition practices / Mandy Paige-Lovingood -- 5. Exhibition design, display strategies, and aesthetics promenades at the court of Gonzaga / Pamela Bianchi -- 6. "A treasure of riches and curiosities" : politics of display at the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, 1680-1789 / Barbara Lasic -- 7. The display of metalwork in North European domestic spaces in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / Hila Manor -- 8. Displaying art in sacred space : the artworks for the Triunfo of St. Ferdinand in Seville Cathedral (1671) / Carmen González-Román and Hilary Macartney -- 9. The ephemeral façade of Cardinal de Solis's palace : aesthetics and politics in 18th century Rome / Ginevera Odone.