The Art Museum from Boullee to Bilbao
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2008
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-25126-7 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-25126-7 (ISBN)
Offers a framework for understanding contemporary debates as they have evolved in Europe and the United States. From the visionary museums of Boullee in the eighteenth century to the new Guggenheim in Bilbao and beyond, this book explores various aspects of museum theory and practice: ideals and mission; architecture; the public and commercialism.
Art museums have emerged in recent decades as the most vibrant and popular of all cultural institutions. Though art museums have never been more popular, their direction and values are now being contested as never before - both in the media and in the art world itself. This engaging thematic history of the art museum from its inception in the eighteenth century to the present offers an essential framework for understanding contemporary debates as they have evolved in Europe and the United States. From the visionary museums of Boullee in the eighteenth century to the new Guggenheim in Bilbao and beyond, it explores key aspects of museum theory and practice: ideals and mission; architecture; collecting, classification, and display; the public; commercialism; and restitution and repatriation. The only single volume to give a comprehensive account of the issues critical to museums, the book also highlights the challenges they will face in the future.
Art museums have emerged in recent decades as the most vibrant and popular of all cultural institutions. Though art museums have never been more popular, their direction and values are now being contested as never before - both in the media and in the art world itself. This engaging thematic history of the art museum from its inception in the eighteenth century to the present offers an essential framework for understanding contemporary debates as they have evolved in Europe and the United States. From the visionary museums of Boullee in the eighteenth century to the new Guggenheim in Bilbao and beyond, it explores key aspects of museum theory and practice: ideals and mission; architecture; collecting, classification, and display; the public; commercialism; and restitution and repatriation. The only single volume to give a comprehensive account of the issues critical to museums, the book also highlights the challenges they will face in the future.
Andrew McClellan, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Art History at Tufts University, is the author of Inventing the Louvre: Art, Politics, and the Origins of the Museum in Eighteenth-Century Paris (UC Press) and the editor of Art and Its Publics: Museum Studies at the Millenium.
Acknowledgments Introduction Ideals and Mission Architecture Collecting, Classification, and Display The Public Commercialism Restitution and Repatriation Conclusion Appendix Notes List of Illustrations Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.1.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 112 b-w photographs |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1043 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-25126-1 / 0520251261 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-25126-7 / 9780520251267 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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