| 100 Treasures / 100 Emotions: The Macquarie University History Museum Contributor(s): Bommas, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1911282808 ISBN-13: 9781911282808 Publisher: Giles OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Permanent - Art | Museum Studies - History | Civilization |
| Dewey: 907.494 |
| LCCN: 2020479746 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.2" W x 10" (2.20 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 100 Treasures / 100 emotions celebrates the inauguration of the Macquarie University History Museum Sydney, NSW, Australia. This entirely new volume focuses on 100 works from a vast collection of 15,000 objects, to highlight the new museum's focus on social history and the human condition beyond the borders of space and time. This story is told through a mixture of short essays and color plates of 100 selected objects drawn from across five continents and over the course of 5,000 years. These objects - ranging from fragments of an ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, to a WWI era Turkish Star medal - have been chosen by Museum staff and Macquarie scholars to achieve a representative and rigorously researched survey of human experience and creativity over five millennia. Professor Martin Bommas, edits short essays on each of the 100 selected objects by a broad range of academic authors, complemented by entirely new photography of the objects commissioned from award-winning photographer Effy Alexakis. |