Art of the Anthropological Diorama, the

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Author: Noemie EtienneAmong other displays, this book examines anthropological dioramas of two North American museums in the early twentieth century: the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the New York State Museum. Dioramas are devices on the frontier of different disciplines: art, anthropology, and the natural sciences, to name a few. Sites of creation and mediation of knowledge, combining painting, sculpture, photography, and material culture, dioramas tell a story that is always political. The use of dioramas developed during the nineteenth century, following reforms aimed at reinforcing the educational dimension of museums. While dioramas with human figures are now the subject of healthy criticism and are gradually being dismantled, a thorough study of the work of artists and scientists who made them helps shed light on their genesis. ISBN 9783110742268. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 240 pages. 64 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.available Show more