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The Wild West – Was Postmodernism a global phenomenon?
Postmodernism catalogue, edited by Glenn Adamson & Jane Pavitt. © Victoria and Albert Museum, 2011 // Priya Khanchandani is an MA Candidate in History of Design at the Royal College of Art...
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Narratives Converge in a Renaissance Mermaid
Mermaid door knocker, 16. or 17. C., Venice, The Wallace Collection. © 2011, Nina Pongracz The sixteenth or seventeenth century bronze door knocker in the shape of a mermaid (see illustration) is...
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Travelling Beauty: Wilde, Aestheticism and the French.
Beauté, Morale et Volupté dans l'Angleterre d'Oscar Wilde at the Musée d'Orsay. © Soersha Dyon, 2012 Starting on the 13th of September 2011 and running until the 15th of January 2012, the Musée...
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Figuratively speaking, By Priya Khanchandani
Figuratively speaking: Capturing the Essence of Indian Jewellery, By Priya Khanchandani Silver anklets, Gujarat, c. 1898-1905. Museum n°IM.287-1927. © Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012 The...
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The Book as Object as Hybrid
As a historian of material culture one may also be confronted with the design of books and their content, and the question whether a printed or written medium can be considered as an object. As part of...
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The everyday life of artistic transfer in the mediterranean
Detail of pattern from the Esemplario Nuovo, by Tagliente, Venice, 1531. © Soersha Dyon, 2012 Much has been written about the extent of the contact between the Middle East and Italy during the...
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Lost in translation? by Priya Khanchandani
Entrance and façade of the British Museum, London © Britannica online // Priya Khanchandani is an MA Candidate in History of Design at the Royal College of Art specialising in Asia. This article is...
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Global/Local Material Cultures Study Day
Bronze Medal with portrait of Mehmed II, by Gentille Bellini, c.1480, V&A, n°A.207-1910 © Victoria and Albert Museum On the 14th of May, the Royal College of Art hosted a daylong event...
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Me, myself and translation
Now that the locker key has been returned and the diploma received, the end of our two years at the RCA and the V&A has officially been reached. Without sounding too sentimental, the wealth of time...
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The Makings of Objects in Translation
The time has come … with much regret, Nina and I are posting our last contribution to Unmaking Things as editors of the column Objects in Translation. For this final article, perhaps a bit of...
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