New Collecting Narratives: Birmingham Museums' Italian Renaissance and Baroque Decorative Arts Collections

新的收藏叙事：伯明翰博物馆的意大利文艺复兴和巴洛克装饰艺术收藏

• 批准号: 2434515
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Warwick
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2434515
• 关键词: New; Collecting; Narratives; Birmingham; Museums

Birmingham's Italian Renaissance and Baroque decorative art collection, comprising ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture and metalwork, was among the first to be acquired for the city and was exhibited in a dedicated display when Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG) opened in 1885. Dating from the 15th-17th centuries, this material was acquired largely either by the BMAG's first director, Whitworth Wallis, during two research trips to Italy, or from the South Kensington Museum's first curator, Charles Robinson. These objects were apparently purchased from Italy's most important 19th-century dealers of Renaissance art including Stefano Bardini and Giuseppe Salvadori, who sold to major institutions across the world. Initial research suggests that material was acquired not only from Florence but from Rome, Milan, Venice, etc.Despite its obvious potential, this collection has not been studied in any depth since its purchase and its significance is little explored. In contrast, acquisitions made in the mid-20th century of Italian Baroque painting and sculpture were the focus of a project to research and redisplay the Baroque galleries at BMAG in partnership with the National Gallery through a curatorial traineeship funded by the Art Fund and the Vivmar Foundation. As BMAG prepares for a major refurbishment and redisplay, it is crucial that the related holdings of decorative art are researched in greater depth, and their significance and connections to other collections fully revealed. The project is therefore timely and original with results feeding directly into planned new displays. The collaborative arrangement will allow the PhD student to benefit from access to curators who have detailed knowledge of individual objects and of the collection itself, as well as from academic supervision by experts in Italian art (including archival research) and in 19th-century display histories and Anglo-Italian artistic relations.

伯明翰的意大利文艺复兴时期和巴洛克装饰艺术收藏品包括陶瓷、玻璃、纺织品、家具和金属制品，是该市首批收购的藏品之一，并在 1885 年伯明翰博物馆和艺术画廊 (BMAG) 开业时专门展出。这些材料的历史可以追溯到 15 世纪至 17 世纪，主要是由 BMAG 首任主任惠特沃斯·沃利斯 (Whitworth Wallis) 在两次意大利考察期间获得，或者是从南方获得肯辛顿博物馆的第一任馆长是查尔斯·罗宾逊。这些物品显然是从意大利最重要的 19 世纪文艺复兴时期艺术品经销商处购买的，包括斯特凡诺·巴尔迪尼 (Stefano Bardini) 和朱塞佩·萨尔瓦多里 (Giuseppe Salvadori)，他们的作品销往世界各地的主要机构。初步研究表明，这些材料不仅来自佛罗伦萨，还来自罗马、米兰、威尼斯等地。尽管该藏品具有明显的潜力，但自购买以来尚未对其进行任何深入的研究，其意义也很少被探讨。相比之下，20 世纪中叶收购的意大利巴洛克绘画和雕塑是 BMAG 与国家美术馆合作，通过艺术基金和 Vivmar 资助的策展培训项目研究和重新展示巴洛克画廊的项目的重点。基础。当 BMAG 准备进行重大整修和重新展示时，至关重要的是对装饰艺术的相关藏品进行更深入的研究，并充分揭示它们的意义以及与其他藏品的联系。因此，该项目是及时且原创的，其结果直接反馈到计划中的新展览中。此次合作安排将使博士生能够接触到对个别物品和藏品本身有详细了解的策展人，并受益于意大利艺术（包括档案研究）和 19 世纪展览历史专家的学术监督。以及英意艺术关系。