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 thesis 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 1409279464
- ISBN13 9781409279464
- Publish Date 22 June 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 March 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 78
- Language English