Reviews for Artists as Illustrators: An International Directory with Signatures and Monograms, 1800-Present

The average rating for Artists as Illustrators: An International Directory with Signatures and Monograms, 1800-Present based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-02 00:00:00 Jennifer E Combs Macdonald's collection reads like a dark account of human nature, revealing how some of our worst tendencies pervade museum culture and frequently corrupt the science displayed therein. Throughout the book, the underlying psychology and sociology of exhibits'their designs and intentions'are exposed in many dismal, disquieting forms. Most of the articles found in "The Politics of Display" were collected from a special edition of the journal "Science as Culture" and, because they are assembled chronologically by topic, each chapter marches through a history of the politics of display that in the end seems no brighter today than it appeared in its shameful infancy. The legacy of our science museums parallels the challenges we face as a culture and this book offers stimulation and motivation to search for solutions.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-24 00:00:00 Cynthia McFadden "Too much cannot be expected from those who can only find time for study after a fatiguing day's work." "A museum without labels may be amusing, but it teaches very little." "Physical virtue is the base of all other, and that they are to be clean & temperate & all the rest, not because fellows in black with white ties tell them so, but because these are plain and patent laws of nature."