Ephemeral Spectacles, Exhibition Spaces and Museums 1750-1918

Download or read book Ephemeral Spectacles, Exhibition Spaces and Museums 1750-1918 written by Dominique Bauer and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines ephemeral exhibitions from 1750 to 1918. In an era of acceleration and elusiveness, these transient spaces functioned as microcosms in which reality was shown, simulated, staged, imagined, experienced and known. They therefore had a dimension of spectacle to them, as the volume demonstrates. Against this backdrop, the different chapters deal with a plethora of spaces and spatial installations: the Wunderkammer, the spectacle garden, cosmoramas and panoramas, the literary space, the temporary museum, and the alternative exhibition space.