What can we learn about nationalism by looking at a countryrsquo;s cultural institutions? How do the history and culture of particular cities help explain how museums represent diversity? Artifacts and Allegiances takes us around the world to tell the compelling story of how museums today are making sense of immigration and globalization. Based on firsthand conversations with museum directors; curators; and policymakers; descriptions of current and future exhibitions; and inside stories about the famous paintings and iconic objects that define collections across the globe; this work provides a close-up view of how different kinds of institutions balance nationalism and cosmopolitanism. By comparing museums in Europe; the United States; Asia; and the Middle East; Peggy Levitt offers a fresh perspective on the role of the museum in shaping citizens. Taken together; these accounts tell the fascinating story of a sea change underway in the museum world at large.
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77 of 79 people found the following review helpful. great for anyone who wants to keep create any kind of art journal!!!By MJBThis book gives any journal keeper or wanna be journal keeper some great ideas to help inspire you or figure out exactly what you want to do with your sketchbook journals. The book includes suggestions for travel journaling; daily journaling; nature journaling; spiritual etc and not just samples of what others have done; but questions for the reader to explore and think about to help develop individual journaling that means something to you. I especially love the "Try This" exercises the author included in each chapter such as "describe your day;" "abstract the scene;" "travel-record the details;" "sketch family mementos;" "map family moves" and lots of other fun ideas to explore.While showing some useful; beautiful and inspirational examples of ways other experienced and talented artists have kept journals; Ms. Johnsons book expands on the examples and gives tips for developing content as well as some guidance on materials that are easy to use and portable. She presents things very simply for beginners; in a completely non-intimidating way. However; those who have some art experience will appreciate the fact that she didnt over do the "how to paint with watercolors" section; but rather includes a discussion on how to use a variety of materials that work together and are easy just to throw in your purse or art bag. I havent ever used colored pencils or acrylics because they seem too complicated of a medium to work properly for me; but after reading her suggestions I may experiment with some of these other mediums for fun in small sketches in my journal.Ms. Johnsons book is easy for anyone at any level to use; skim it for ideas or read it cover to cover. Its a beautiful book and one that is clearly going to be a new classic on the topic of sketchbook journaling. Others I highly recommend are any of the Danny Gregory books; Everyday Matters; The Creative License; and An Illustrated Life; The Decorated Journal by Gwen Diehn; Keeping a Nature Journal by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles Roth. Also recommend DVD Beginning Watercolor Journaling by Gay Kraeger and Christina Lopp. Drawing from Life; the Journal as Art by Jennifer New has some interesting examples of how a variety of journal keepers approach and keep a journal. Highly recommend the Urbansketchers website and blog; [...] for excellent examples of art journaling from all corners of the world. Cathy Johnson is one of my favorite contributors to that website.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Great book for watercolor and sketch artistsBy H. KittlemanIf you are into watercolor painting of various types (paint; crayons; pencils; etc.) and/or into sketching; and you want to combine recording your life in some way (e.g. your thoughts; travel; hobbies; etc) with these art mediums; then this book is for you. It literally is about combining regular journaling with watercolor and/or sketching to illustrate what you write about. Its a beautiful and easy to read and flip-through book that will encourage and inspire you with prompt ideas; subject ideas; exercise ideas; and tons of photos of sample journal pages. In general; the prompts and exercise ideas could potentially benefit a variety of art journalers in general.Art journaling comes in a lot of different forms; and for me; my preferred form is doing a variety of mixed media techniques to just play and exercise my creativity. Im looking for books for art journaling along those lines; so this book was not for me.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Well thought-out; well doneBy QuinnCreativeA great book to get you kick started into sketching and writing; even if sketching isnt your top talent and you are unsure what to write. There are beautiful examples; encouragement; samples. There are ideas; topics; and suggestions. Its a great inspiration book that can make you drool with delight and jump into the ideas your imagination begins to spin out. Good for every level of art journaling; a must-have for beginners are those with "beginners mind."
