Uplifting the Colonial Philistine: Florence Phillips and the Making of the Johannesburg Art Gallery - Couverture souple

Carman, Jillian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1868144364 ISBN 13 : 9781868144365

Editeur : Wits University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Uplifting the Colonial Philistine is a thoroughly researched, fascinating account of the unusual circumstances in which early Johannesburg, then a budding mining town, came to have an art gallery with one of the most avant-garde collections in the world. It describes the larger-than-life characters who brought the Johannesburg Art Gallery to its grand launch in November 1910: Florence Phillips, wife of one of the Randlord patrons, and Hugh Lane, curator. Containing 100 colour reproductions from the original catalogue, this book unravels the complex intertwining of personal and socio-political agendas that made up the fabric of the founding. It describes how the collection was perceived in London, whether it was adapted to suit the 'colonial Philistine' (as one London critic described its intended audience), and how the local community responded.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jillian Carman was a curator at the Johannesburg Art Gallery for thirty years. In 2005 she received the University of the Witwatersrand Research Committee publication award for her doctoral thesis, on which this book is based.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wits University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1868144364
• ISBN 13: 9781868144365
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible