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The Holburne opened its doors as Bath's first art museum in 1893 and has since continued to attract gifts and bequests, developing the collection's strengths. Today the Museum boasts nationally important collections of Renaissance bronzes and maiolica, seventeenth-century silver and eighteenth-century porcelain. In more recent years the Museum has established a reputation for British eighteenth-century portraiture including works by Stubbs, Ramsay and perhaps most notably Gainsborough, who lived and worked in Bath for sixteen years. The Holburne was once described as 'the most charming building in the United Kingdom which was designed for the display of works of art'. Recently this building has been enhanced by a striking extension which has allowed for the complete redisplay of its collection and the creation of new exhibition galleries. This beautifully illustrated survey offers a fascinating history of this much-loved Museum and jewel-like collection. 107 colour & 6 b/w illustrations Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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It's one of those Museums that exist because a private collector left his huge stack of expensive art to the local community. There's one in Fredericton, New Brunswick (Lord Beaverbrook, of WWII fame) and another in Manhatten (can't remember who) and probably many I've never heard of. This one, you will be unsurprised to learn, was donated by Holburne. It's an eclectic collection strong on decorative arts but also having examples of works by many a major painter associated at one time or another, with the city of Bath, for example, Gainsborough. Portraiture is a particular strength because all the posh locals wanted their families' pictures on their walls. It's not very big; one can look round the whole place thoroughly in less than a couple of hours. The controversial new extension allows many more objects to be displayed and more room for temporary traveling exhibitions - and there's a nice tea shop looking out on to Sydney Gardens, now, too.
This book is a typical highlights of the collection catalogue with good reproductions and informative notes about the various and diverse objects pictured. The Introduction provides a much more comprehensive overview of the history of the Museum (which hasn't always been at this location) than I have. All in all, it's an excellent memento of a delightful attraction in a delightful locale, facing one of the most impressive streets in the architecturally spectacular city of Bath. ( )