Dodos and Dark Lanterns: Highlights of Ashmolean History
Language: English
Published by Ashmolean Museum, 2013
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- Title
- Dodos and Dark Lanterns: Highlights of Ashmolean History
- Author
- Berry, David A.
- Publisher
- Ashmolean Museum
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1854442813
- ISBN 13
- 9781854442819
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- Art, History
- Tells the story of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK, the world's first university museum, dating from the late 1600s
- Not your traditional approach to a museum history, but told through anecdotes about people famous and not-so and the objects they treasured
- It all started with the bequest of a cabinet of curios called "The Ark"
Contents: Map of Oxford; Introduction; Tradescant's Orchard; Powhatan's Mantle; Præmia Honoraria; Statutes Order & Rules; Bottle of Nitre; Clypeus ploti; Oxford Dodo; Mourning Dress; Megalosaurus bucklandi; Draft Labels; Jewelled Disc Brooch; Guy Fawkes' Lantern; Statue of Athena; Study of Heads and Hands; Chester Seal; Hill House Album; Medieval Mug; Head of Louisa; Jane Russell; Ritual Food Vessel; Statue of the Buddha.
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About the Author
Today Assistant Director at the John and Marble Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, David Berry did his doctoral research on the history of the museums, gardens and libraries of the University of Oxford. He has lectured extensively on the Ashmolean, its history, architecture and collections, and has given numerous tours on these subjects to a variety of audiences. He contributed to the Ashmolean's redevelopment and curated its founding collection and historic archive.
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