John Soanes Cabinet of Curiosities: Reflections on an Architect and His Collection

约翰·索恩的珍品柜: 对一位建筑师及其收藏的反思

✦产品信息——

出版社 ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press

语言 ‏ : ‎ 英语

精装 ‏ : ‎ 224页

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300275692

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300275698

商品重量 ‏ : ‎ 1.22 Kilograms

尺寸 ‏ : ‎ 22.1 x 2.03 x 27.69 cm

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

✦内容简介——

深入研究约翰·索恩爵士(1753-1837)和他享誉世界的收藏，为您带来迷人的新视角

在过去的七十年里，约翰·索恩爵士的建筑重新引起了人们的兴趣，然而，作为一个收藏家，索恩留给国家的遗产背后的策略和动机在很大程度上仍未被探索。虽然索恩把他的房子和博物馆里的展品称为“我自己的研究”，但他从未解释过这是什么意思，围绕他动机的模糊性一直令人着迷。

这本书通过研究索恩收藏中的关键线索，以及这些线索所揭示的索恩和收藏心理学，揭示了索恩个性中大多数了解他生活和工作的学生所不熟悉的一面。主题包括古物展览;他对废墟的迷恋，无论是字面上的还是比喻上的;他对哥特式建筑的独特回应;以及他对现代英国绘画和雕塑的投资。这些方面都被一个介绍性的传记章节所终结，该章节强调了他的家庭和职业是如何影响他的收藏习惯的，结束语分析了将私人住宅和收藏转变为公共博物馆所面临的挑战。

An in-depth study that sheds a fascinating new light on Sir John Soane (1753–1837) and his world-renowned collection

Sir John Soane's architecture has enjoyed a revival of interest over the last seventy years, yet Soane as a collector—the strategy behind and motivation for Soane's bequest to the nation—has remained largely unexplored. While Soane referred to the display of objects in his house and museum as “studies for my own mind,” he never explained what he meant by this, and the ambiguity surrounding his motivation remains perennially fascinating.

This book illuminates a side of Soane's personality unfamiliar to most students of his life and work by examining key strands in his collection and what they reveal about Soane and the psychology of collecting. Topics include the display of antiquities; his fascination with ruins, both literal and figurative; his singular response to Gothic architecture; and his investment in modern British painting and sculpture. These aspects are bookended by an introductory biographical chapter that highlights the ways in which his family and career informed his collecting habits as well as an epilogue that analyses the challenges of turning a private house and collection into a public museum.