Derek Gillman

The Idea of Cultural Heritage

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Derek Gillman reviews the competing claims that works of art belong either to a particular people and place, or to humankind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 323g
• ISBN-13: 9780521122573
• ISBN-10: 0521122570
• Artikelnr.: 28521831

Autorenporträt

Derek Gillman is Executive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation. A former President of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, and Keeper of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, he is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors and is currently President of the International Cultural Property Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Claims about Heritage: 1. Heritage and national treasures
2. 'Two ways of thinking'
Part II. Narrative and Custom: 3. Constructing British heritage
4. This culture of ours
Part III. Regulation and Rights: 5. Regulation and private rights
6. Liberalism and valuable practices.