Carol Duncan

Civilizing Rituals

Inside Public Art Museums

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Illustrated with over fifty photos, this book merges contemporary debates with lively discussion and explores central issues involved in the making and displaying of art as industry, and how it is presented to the community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9780415070126
• ISBN-10: 0415070120
• Artikelnr.: 21986424

Autorenporträt

Carol Duncan teaches art history at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Her essays have been collected in The Aesthetics of Power (1993).

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION 1 THE ART MUSEUM AS RITUAL 2 FROM THE PRINCELY GALLERY TO THE
PUBLIC ART MUSEUM: THE LOUVRE MUSEUM AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON 3
PUBLIC SPACES, PRIVATE INTERESTS: MUNICIPAL ART MUSEUMS IN NEW YORK AND
CHICAGO 4 SOMETHING ETERNAL: THE DONOR MEMORIAL 5 THE MODERN ART MUSEUM:
IT'S A MAN'S WORLD, CONCLUSION