
Fellow Wanderer
Isabella Stewart Gardner's Travel Albums
Princeton University Press
Published on 4. April 2023
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-0-691-97386-9 (ISBN)
Description
A revealing and beautifully illustrated critical edition of Gardner's collaged travel albums
In 1865, art collector and philanthropist Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) lost her only child to pneumonia at less than two years old. In an effort to rouse her from depression, Gardner and her husband, Jack, travelled to northern Europe and Russia. It was the first of many trips abroad that would eventually take her from the Middle East to Asia-trips that she documented in exquisitely crafted collaged travel albums. Fellow Wanderer brings together nearly thirty of Gardner's striking travelogues, spanning some thirty-nine countries and offering invaluable perspective on the global influences on this legendary collector and patron of the arts.
This book features beautiful facsimiles of Gardner's travel albums-largely unpublished until now-along with essays by leading scholars who place these diaries and sketchbooks within the context of the art and culture of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia in the nineteenth century. The essays explore a host of topics, such as Gardner's engagement with world religions while abroad, how she incorporated designs and ideas from around the globe into her Boston museum, and the ways in which the imperial power structures of the era facilitated her travels.
Lushly illustrated, Fellow Wanderer provides a uniquely intimate look at how Gardner's rich and diverse experiences abroad instilled her collecting and patronage with a truly global vision of art.
Distributed for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Exhibition Schedule
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
February 16-May 21, 2023
In 1865, art collector and philanthropist Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) lost her only child to pneumonia at less than two years old. In an effort to rouse her from depression, Gardner and her husband, Jack, travelled to northern Europe and Russia. It was the first of many trips abroad that would eventually take her from the Middle East to Asia-trips that she documented in exquisitely crafted collaged travel albums. Fellow Wanderer brings together nearly thirty of Gardner's striking travelogues, spanning some thirty-nine countries and offering invaluable perspective on the global influences on this legendary collector and patron of the arts.
This book features beautiful facsimiles of Gardner's travel albums-largely unpublished until now-along with essays by leading scholars who place these diaries and sketchbooks within the context of the art and culture of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia in the nineteenth century. The essays explore a host of topics, such as Gardner's engagement with world religions while abroad, how she incorporated designs and ideas from around the globe into her Boston museum, and the ways in which the imperial power structures of the era facilitated her travels.
Lushly illustrated, Fellow Wanderer provides a uniquely intimate look at how Gardner's rich and diverse experiences abroad instilled her collecting and patronage with a truly global vision of art.
Distributed for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Exhibition Schedule
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
February 16-May 21, 2023
Reviews / Votes
"A material and deeply personal lens onto 19th-century global culture"---Lauren Christensen, New York Times "An exceptionally lavish catalogue."---James Panero, New Criterion "A glorious, large-scale, coffee table book."---Chadd Scott, Essential West Magazine "[A] lavishly produced, larger-than-coffee-table-sized volume."---Peter Walsh, Arts FuseMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
200 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 312 mm
Width: 365 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
2378 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-97386-9 (9780691973869)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Diana Seave Greenwald is assistant curator of the collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Her books include (with Nathaniel Silver) Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Princeton). Casey Riley is chair of global contemporary art and curator of photography and new media at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. She is the author (with Christina Nielsen and Nathaniel Silver) of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Guide.
Editor
Curator and Head of the Department of Photography
Contributions
Jane Emison Assistant Curator of South and Southest Asian Art
Curatorial Assistant
Director of Academic and Public Programs, Division Head and Research Curator
Byrne Family Curator of Photography