House Museums have become an increasingly popular form of museum during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and is largely due to the fact that visitors can relate to this museum given that the environment is familiar. These house museums draw their significance primarily from their former occupant(s) - and usually the house is displayed in a manner that memorializes what is known as the Great Man. This book investigates the development of the 'artist house museum' during the nineteenth and twentieth century both internationally and in Australia. Focussing on specific Australian case-studies - the Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum, The Duldig Studio and Napier Waller House - this book argues that the particular form of house museum represented by the 'artist's house' has great flexibility, which can allow for interpretative displays that challenge the traditional narrative of the 'Great Man' by re-introducing the artist's partner or spouse.
- ISBN10 1291763856
- ISBN13 9781291763850
- Publish Date 27 February 2014 (first published 12 June 2013)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 March 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook (OEB)
- Language English