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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777988303321

Autore

Carrier David <1944->

Titolo

Museum skepticism [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the display of art in public galleries / / David Carrier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-283-02216-8

9786613022165

0-8223-8757-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

708.009

Soggetti

Art museums - Social aspects

Art museums - Philosophy

Art - Exhibition techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-304)and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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