Museum Skepticism : A History of the Display of Art in Public Galleries /

Show other versions (2)

Prominent art historian looks at the birth of the art museum and contemplates its future as a public institution.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carrier, David, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kunstmuseum.
Konstmuseer > historia.
Inrichting.
Tentoonstellingen.
Beeldende kunsten.
Kunstmusea.
Ausstellung
Präsentation
Art museums > Social aspects.
Art museums > Philosophy.
Art > Exhibition techniques.
ART > Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions > General.
ART > Museum Studies.
ART > Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions > Permanent Collections.
Art > Techniques d'exposition.
Art > Musees > Aspect social.
Art > Musees > Philosophie.
Art > Museums > Social aspects.
Art > Museums > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. "Beauty and art, history and fame and power" : on entering the Louvre
  • 2. Art and power : time travel in the museum
  • 3. Museum skeptics
  • 4. Picturing museum skepticism
  • 5. Art museum narratives
  • 6. Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum
  • 7. Ernest Fenollosa's history of Asian art
  • 8. Albert Barnes's foundation and the place of modernist art within the art museum
  • 9. The display of absolutely contemporary art in the J. Paul Getty museum
  • 10. The end of the modern public art museum : a tale of two cities
  • Conclusion : What the public art museum might become.

Similar Items