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
Gillis van Tilborgh (circa 1625–circa 1678)
1660–1670
circa 1670
circa 1670
Bernard Palissy and Workshop (active circa 1510–1590)
circa 1570–1590
1500s–1700s
1100s
Dutch School
circa 1730
circa 1775–1780
circa 1638–1640
Cristoforo Monari (1667–1720)
late 1600s–early 1700s
Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729–1802)
mid-late 1700s
Jan van Vucht (1603–1637); Anthonie Palamedesz. (1601–1673)
circa 1625–1632
Franz Ludwig Catel (1778–1856)
circa 1823
Circle of Bernard Bellotto (active late 1700s)
1723–1780
circa 1630
Friedrich Nerly (1807–1878)
1828–1835
Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885)
mid-late 1800s
Thomas Cole (1801–1848)
1843
circa 2500 BCE, Old Kingdom (circa 2575 BCE–2150 BCE)
circa 100 BCE–100 CE, Roman Empire
(27 BCE–395 CE)
circa 100s CE
Bernardino Ludovisi (circa 1693–1749)
circa 1735–1740
1700s
Henri Jacobs (1864–1935)
circa 1900–1910
John Vanderbank (1694–1739)
1720s
Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933)
circa 1899
Eric Pape (1870–1938)
1891
late 1800s
mid 1700s
late 1600s–early 1700s
1800s, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911
unrecorded Mumuye artist
late 1800s
Qianlong period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
1700s or 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
unrecorded Bassa artist
mid-late 1900s
unrecorded Ifugao artist
1950s
400s, Sasanian dynasty (224–651)
Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
unrecorded Asante artist
1800s
unrecorded Asante artist
1700s
unrecorded Ife artist
mid 1900s
Greco–Roman Empire, 800s BCE–400s CE
unrecorded Mojave artist
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
Domenico Gaggini (circa 1425–1492)
mid 1400s
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)
Circle of Ignaz Günther (active late 1700s)
circa 1750–1765
Circle of Ignaz Günther (active late 1700s)
circa 1750–1765
Giovanni Francesco Rustici (1474–1554)
circa early 1500s
1880–1890, Qajar period (1794–1925)
1700s–1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Robert Gibb (1801–1837)
circa 1826
circa 1710
circa 1870
circa 1780
late 1600s–early 1700s
1830–1840
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
circa 1700s
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
late 1800s
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. (founded 1759)
circa 1769–1795
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1800s
Robert Garrard I (1758–1818)
1812
1750s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
John Edward Terrey & Co. (active 1800s)
circa 1810
early 1800s
unrecorded Kongo artist
circa 1900
Benjamin Martin (1704–1782)
mid 1700s
Victor Durand Jr. (1870–1931); Vineland Flint Glass Works (active 1897–1931)
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)
Elie Nadelman (1882–1946)
mid 1900s
Roman Bronze Works (founded 1899)
early 1900s
circa 1855–1890
Middle Bronze Age (2000–1600 BCE)
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. (founded 1759)
1860–1891
Neo–Assyrian Empire, 911 BCE–612 BCE
late 600–early 500 BCE
200s–300s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
Belleek Pottery Works Company Ltd (founded 1884)
circa 1890
1920–1922
circa late 1800s
William Tyler (active late 1600s)
1694
circa 1700
Niccoló Fiorentino (circa 1404–1471)
circa 1465–1469
Michael Henry Spang (active begining 1756; died 1762); Edward Burch (1730–1814)
after 1761
late 1500s
circa 100 CE, Roman Empire (27 BCE–476 CE)
early 1500s
1700s
Andrea Riccio (1470–1532)
circa 1500–1530
early 1400s
circa 1500
late 1500s
early 1900s
late 1890s–early 1900s
late 1400s
Durand Art Glass (active 1924–1931)
1924–1931
circa 1920s, Republic period, (1923–present)
late 1500s
early 1500s
early 1600s
mid 1900s
late 1800s, Ottoman Empire (1299–1923)
Adelheid Lange Roosevelt (1878–1962)
circa 1913
circa 300 BCE, Warring States period (BCE 481–BCE 221)
mid 1800s–early 1900s
1905–1910
early 1900s
Irene Bishop (1880–1925); Rookwood Pottery (active 1880–1967)
1907
early 1900s
late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Coalport Porcelain Works (founded circa 1795)
mid 1800s
Coalport Porcelain Works (founded circa 1795)
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)
Black, Starr and Frost (active 1874–1929)
late 1800s
1900s
1900s
1700s
late 1700s
1800s
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
1900–1940
unrecorded Native Alaskan artist
1875–1925
1960s–1970s
Peter Hutchinson (born 1930)
1969
1800s
late 1400s, Lodi dynasty (1451–1526)
circa 1997
200–300s, Roman Empire, 27 BCE–476 CE
Master of the Apollini Sacrum (active 1480–1500)
late 1400s
circa 1500
Victor-Etienne Simyan (1826–1886)
circa 1861
circa 300 BCE, Ptolemaic Kingdom, 332 BCE–30 CE
1850–1900
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Asante artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
Bi Rongjiu (active late 1800s)
1890–1920, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) to Republic of China (1911–1949)
1850–1875, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
circa 1850s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Yan Yutian (active 1895–1918)
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)
Tetsugendō Naofusa (active 1700s)
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Kinai School
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Hirata School
1600, Edo period (1600–1868)
Tsu Jinpo (1720–1761)
Edo period (1600–1868)
Ishiguro Masakatsu (active 1800s)
1850s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Umetada (Okada) Zenzaemon Nobumasa (1642–1720)
late 1600s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Ōtsuki Mitsuhiro (1795–1841)
Edo period (1600–1868)
Gōto School
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Mitsunaka
1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1882
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