Collections, Exhibitions and Museums in Portugal and its Empire
Collections, Exhibitions and Museums in Portugal and its Empire
Focusing on the period between the beginning of the eighteenth century and the late twentieth century, this edited volume examines the histories of objects, museums, exhibitions, and collections in Portugal or outside Portugal but representing Portugal, or related to it through colonial relationships.
The book highlights the specificities of the Portuguese case, set against a globalised, transnational and transcolonial context, and provides a precedent for future studies and a dialogue with equivalent studies related to other geographies. The diversity of the cultural, intellectual and political contexts (imperial, colonial, republican, authoritarian) offered by the Portuguese example allows for the exploration of a number of complex case-studies . Chapters study the artistic, collecting, and museological practices in Portugal and in the various geographical contexts of its colonial empire, with particular emphasis on the circulation and connectedness of objects, products, people, and ideas.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, intellectual and cultural history, and imperial and colonial history.
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