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Living Pictures, Missing Persons

Mannequins, Museums, and Modernity

Living Pictures, Missing Persons( )
Author: Sandberg, Mark B.
ISBN:978-0-691-05073-7
Publication Date:Nov 2002
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $140.00
Book Description:

In the late nineteenth century, Scandinavian urban dwellers developed a passion for a new, utterly modern sort of visual spectacle: objects and effigies brought to life in astonishingly detailed, realistic scenes. The period 1880-1910 was the popular high point of mannequin display in Europe. Living Pictures, Missing Persons explores this phenomenon as it unfolded with the rise of wax museums and folk museums in the largest cities of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Mark Sandberg...
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Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Popular Culture
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 23.495 cm
Book Weight:0.625 Kilograms



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