tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post7425105812982406305..comments2024-01-25T12:21:02.286+00:00Comments on Looting Matters: "Cuno risks coming across as a bad loser"David Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-15946931676382065492010-01-21T18:25:07.431+00:002010-01-21T18:25:07.431+00:00Thank you for this information. I have added this ...Thank you for this information. I have added this to the list of reviews.David Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164794689385933318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-22665374457625133512010-01-21T17:43:01.622+00:002010-01-21T17:43:01.622+00:00Dear Dr. Gill,
In case you collect still reviews ...Dear Dr. Gill,<br /><br />In case you collect still reviews on Cuno, Irene Winter just published an excellent review in The Art Bulletin December XCI.4 2009, 522-6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-6368147219021891802009-11-20T18:59:00.957+00:002009-11-20T18:59:00.957+00:00My (simplistic) view is this: encyclopedic museums...My (simplistic) view is this: encyclopedic museums are great; the question is, how do you fill them ethically?Tarquinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12720852818014132483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972497915033440413.post-74675943277242089822009-11-19T15:00:12.977+00:002009-11-19T15:00:12.977+00:00Professor Gill,
I'm wondering how the idea th...Professor Gill,<br /><br />I'm wondering how the idea that encyclopedic museums should continue to be established is "patently ridiculous." I am a staunch supporter of the idea that pieces of unsure or unclear provenance deserve a much higher scrutiny in order to prevent looted objects from becoming part of a national collection, but I'm not clear on how that seems to translate to culturally significant museums, as a whole, deserve to be sanctioned as a result. My own background is in archaeology and I have to say that my interest stemmed as much from visits to museums as it did my classes on the subject, and I have yet to find a museum that holds only classical objects easy to find in the U.S. I agree that Cuno's book does make assertions I find hard to stomach, namely the idea that the resistance of of scholars to study looted objects hurts the field or that museums are somehow exempt from due diligence in their collecting, but I do believe that encyclopedic museums play a strong role in promoting the study of art and ancient civilizations. <br />Would you mind explaining what you consider a viable alternative to them?<br />Aaronseatsonthestreetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10315197517738460765noreply@blogger.com