Who owns antiquity? : museums and the battle over our ancient heritage /

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Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted museums, private collectors, and dealers against source countries, archaeologists, and academics. Maintaining that the acquisitio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cuno, James B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2011, ©2008.
Subjects:
Antiquities > Collection and preservation > Philosophy.
Cultural property.
Cultural property > Repatriation.
Museums > Acquisitions > Philosophy.
Museums > Collection management > International cooperation.
Antiquités > Collections et conservation > Philosophie.
Patrimoine culturel > Restitution.
Musées > Acquisitions > Philosophie.
Musées > Gestion des collections > Coopération internationale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
ART > Art & Politics.
Cultural property
Cultural property > Repatriation
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The crux of the matter
  • Political matters
  • More political matters
  • The Turkish question
  • The Chinese question
  • Identity matters
  • Epilogue.

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