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2022
Journal article
Geographies of Place in Digital Art History
Art history research examines objects as embedded in a web of relationships, including multiple spatial dimensions (e.g. of the materials, of the artist, of the cultural influences, of the museum collection, and of the temporary exhibitions). However, this richness of nuances is not yet fully encompassed in Linked Open Data...Middle, Sarah ; Horne, Ryan ; McMeekin, David A ; Zuanni, Chiara ; Butterworth, Alex
spatial humanities, digital art history, geography, ancient world, Linked Open Data, and cultural heritage
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2024
Journal article
Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania
In August 2023, Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania opened at the National Museum of Scotland. The exhibition considers how life depends on the ocean and presents various ways in which individuals within Oceania are working to protect it through the medium of artistic practice. From the start, we...Clark, Alison ; Dawson, Jan ; Duffy, Declan
Oceania, artistic practice, re-use, Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania , exhibition, recycle, and sustainability
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2008
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2003
Journal article
Commissioning art: objects, ethnography and contemporary collecting
Paper originating from MEG Conference 2002: Power and Collecting, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.Knowles, Chantal
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2021
Journal article
Capturing decorative art - the work of Frances Priest
Within this article I hope to highlight and explore the progression of the practice of Edinburgh-based ceramic artist, Frances Priest, through works held by National Museums Scotland, and her most recent public commission for the city's Royal Edinburgh Hospital. I shall discuss her enduring passion for The Grammar of Ornament,...Rothwell, Sarah
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Lecture
Collecting and Curating Southeast Asian Art: In Conversation
This conversation between the two curators, Alexandra Green and Rosanna Nicolson, celebrates two exhibitions focusing on Southeast Asian art–“Burma to Myanmar” and “Theravada Buddhism”–concurrently showing at The British Museum and at National Museums of Scotland respectively. It highlights issues related to the formation of Asian art collections in the UK,... -
2021
Interactive resource
Art, fashion and taste in a global context
Regency dress was shaped as much by the Neoclassical art movement and Greco-Roman dress as it was by Enlightenment theories and ambitions of Empire. In turn, fashion was depicted in classical art, sculpture and pottery. This final episode in the series explores the relationship between art and fashion as our...Miller, Marie ; Rauser, Amelia ; Blakey, Claire
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Presentation
Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania talks
Presentation of eight talks on Rising Tide: Art and Environment in Oceania including a contribution to ‘Storytelling for the Planet: a place-based approach for museum audiences’, a sector event as part of the Natural History Museum’s Our Broken Planet Community of Practice programme, National Museum of ScotlandClark, Alison
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2012