Antiquities Collections in the Imperial Museum
During the reign of Abdülhamid II, objects that had been gaining value as markers of a common identity began to fall into a system of categories and a complex of institutions of display characteristic of nineteenth-century Europe. In contrast to Europe, which was eagerly collecting trophies from rec...
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| Published in: | Possessors and Possessed p. 149 |
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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United States
University of California Press
13.05.2003
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| Edition: | 1 |
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| ISBN: | 0520233352, 9780520233355 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | During the reign of Abdülhamid II, objects that had been gaining value as markers of a common identity began to fall into a system of categories and a complex of institutions of display characteristic of nineteenth-century Europe. In contrast to Europe, which was eagerly collecting trophies from recent colonial conquests, the Ottoman Empire was trying to hold on to its territories by collecting representative trophies and uniting them in the hierarchical, orderly world of its museums.
In Europe the museum spaces that developed to display the fruits of the labors of collection reflected epistemologies and ideologies central to the ethos |
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| ISBN: | 0520233352 9780520233355 |
| DOI: | 10.1525/california/9780520233355.003.0007 |