The Romance of the Emporium: Donna Brunero on Collecting and Documenting the Asian Port City in the Era of the Sail

07/12/2022 48 min Episodio 32
The Romance of the Emporium: Donna Brunero on Collecting and Documenting the Asian Port City in the Era of the Sail

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Senior Lecturer of History Dr Donna Brunero (National University of Singapore) explores how the material culture of the port city and representations of an idealised Asian trading emporium, became important ways of considering Asia in the 1880s.This talk was recorded live in September 2019 at National Gallery Singapore in association with the Art in Singapore programme series.Disclaimer: The comments and opinions expressed are those of the speaker/s, and do not represent the views of National Gallery Singapore.All copyright within this recording, without limitation, are retained by their respective owners.

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