Empire of Things
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Gallery 401, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Why do we collect things? Where do the prized objects and artwork in museums come from? Empire of Things asks these questions and more by exploring the relationships among objects, the people who made them, and the people who collected, studied, and displayed them. The exhibition includes a range of artworks, including architectural fragments, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, paintings, and sculpture.
Exhibition images
Works of art
1660–1670
circa 1670
circa 1670
circa 1570–1590
1500s–1700s
1100s
circa 1775–1780
circa 1638–1640
late 1600s–early 1700s
mid-late 1700s
circa 1625–1632
circa 1630
1828–1835
mid-late 1800s
circa 2500 BCE, Old Kingdom (circa 2575 BCE–2150 BCE)
circa 100 BCE–100 CE, Roman Empire
(27 BCE–395 CE)
circa 100s CE
circa 1735–1740
1700s
circa 1900–1910
circa 1899
late 1800s
mid 1700s
late 1600s–early 1700s
1800s, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911
late 1800s
Qianlong period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s or 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
mid-late 1900s
400s, Sasanian dynasty (224–651)
Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
mid 1900s
Greco–Roman Empire, 800s BCE–400s CE
1850–1890
late 300s–200s BCE, Hellenistic period (323–146 BCE)
1800s, Edo Period (1600–1868)
1200–1300s, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353)
1500s or 1800s
1100s–1200s, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
early 1100s
early 1500s
circa 200s CE, Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE)
300s–mid 400s, late Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE) or Early Christian (100–500 CE)
circa 1750–1765
circa 1750–1765
circa early 1500s
1880–1890, Qajar period (1794–1925)
1700s–1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
circa 1826
circa 1710
circa 1870
circa 1780
late 1600s–early 1700s
1830–1840
late 1800s–1914
circa 1700s
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
late 1800s
circa 1769–1795
1750s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
circa 1810
early 1800s
circa 1900
mid 1700s
circa 1926–1928
late 600–early 500 BCE
1700–1735
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1200s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
1000s–1100s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
probably after 1877
late 1800s
late 1800s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
mid 1700s, mark and reign of Qianlong period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
mid 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Qajar period (1795–1925)
1800s, Qajar period (1795–1925)
1800s, Qajar period (1794–1925)
circa 1800s, Qajar period (1795–1925)
Ptolemaic Period, 305–30 BCE
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
mid 1900s
early 1900s
circa 1855–1890
Middle Bronze Age (2000–1600 BCE)
1860–1891
Neo–Assyrian Empire, 911 BCE–612 BCE
late 600–early 500 BCE
200s–300s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
circa 1890
1920–1922
circa late 1800s
1694
circa 1700
circa 1465–1469
late 1500s
circa 100 CE, Roman Empire (27 BCE–476 CE)
early 1500s
1700s
circa 1500–1530
early 1400s
circa 1500
late 1500s
early 1900s
late 1890s–early 1900s
late 1400s
1924–1931
circa 1920s, Republic period, (1923–present)
late 1500s
early 1500s
early 1600s
mid 1900s
late 1800s, Ottoman Empire (1299–1923)
circa 1913
circa 300 BCE, Warring States period (BCE 481–BCE 221)
mid 1800s–early 1900s
1905–1910
early 1900s
1907
early 1900s
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
mid 1800s
1700s
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1200 BCE–1000 BCE, late Shang dynasty (circa 1600–1046 BCE) to early Western Zhou dynasty (circa 1120–770 BCE)
early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
late 1800s
1900s
1900s
1700s
late 1700s
1800s
1960s–1970s
1800s
late 1400s, Lodi dynasty (1451–1526)
circa 1997
200–300s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
circa 1500
circa 300 BCE, Ptolemaic Kingdom, 332 BCE–30 CE
1850–1900
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
late 1800s–early 1900s
1890–1920, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) to Republic of China (1911–1949)
1850–1875, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
circa 1850s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1895, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1600, Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
1850s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
late 1600s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Edo period (1600–1868)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
November 1, 1895, Meiji period (1868–1912)
200–300s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
300–400s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
late 1900s
circa 1920s, Republic Period (1923–present)
Events
April 25, 2015
Activity
10:30–11:30AM
The Panorama, Natural History Museum, Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd