{"product_id":"the-museum-of-the-senses-experiencing-art-and-collections-9781474253796","title":"The Museum of the Senses: Experiencing Art and Collections","description":"\u003cp\u003eTraditionally sight has been the only sense with a ticket to enter the museum. The same is true of histories of art, in which artworks are often presented as purely visual objects. In \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of the Senses\u003c\/i\u003e Constance Classen offers a new way of approaching the history of art through the senses, revealing how people used to handle, smell and even taste collection pieces. Topics range from the tactile power of relics to the sensuous allure of cabinets of curiosities, and from the feel of a Rembrandt to the scent of Monet's garden. The book concludes with a discussion of how contemporary museums are stimulating the senses through interactive and multimedia displays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClassen, a leading authority on the cultural history of the senses, has produced a fascinating study of sensual and emotional responses to artefacts from the middle ages to the present. \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of the Senses\u003c\/i\u003e is an important read for anyone interested in the history of art as well as for students and researchers in cultural studies and museum studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstance Classen \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Angels: Cosmology, Gender and the Aesthetic Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), among other works. She currently serves as an associate on two international research projects on art and the senses.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50466402894098,"sku":"9781474253796","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a56c2131-ed0a-457e-949d-1aa7190fa5f6.jpg?v=1730120543","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-museum-of-the-senses-experiencing-art-and-collections-9781474253796","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}