Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art MuseumsRoutledge, 20/06/2005 - 192 páginas Illustrated with over fifty photos, Civilizing Rituals merges contemporary debates with lively discussion and explores central issues involved in the making and displaying of art as industry and how it is presented to the community. Carol Duncan looks at how nations, institutions and private individuals present art , and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and political determinants. Civilizing Rituals is ideal reading for students of art history and museum studies, and professionals in the field will also find much of interest here. |
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... Washington DC "A lively and authoritative discussion of some key issues facing museums past and present. Duncan's analysis of the role of gender, the tensions between public and private mission, and the vanities of great collectors is ...
... Washington DC "A lively and authoritative discussion of some key issues facing museums past and present. Duncan's analysis of the role of gender, the tensions between public and private mission, and the vanities of great collectors is ...
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... Washington, DC 10 1.4 National Gallery, Washington, DC, gallery with a work by Leonardo da Vinci 18 1.5 Modern art in the Tate Gallery, London 19 2.1 Louvre Museum, Paris, entrance to the Apollo Gallery 23 2.2 The old Louvre Palace, a ...
... Washington, DC 10 1.4 National Gallery, Washington, DC, gallery with a work by Leonardo da Vinci 18 1.5 Modern art in the Tate Gallery, London 19 2.1 Louvre Museum, Paris, entrance to the Apollo Gallery 23 2.2 The old Louvre Palace, a ...
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... Washington, DC 98 4.14 National Gallery, Washington, DC: the Rotunda 99 4.15 A room in the National Gallery, Washington, DC 100 5.1 Museum of Modern Art, New York: entrance to the permanent collection 105 5.2 Modern art in the Los ...
... Washington, DC 98 4.14 National Gallery, Washington, DC: the Rotunda 99 4.15 A room in the National Gallery, Washington, DC 100 5.1 Museum of Modern Art, New York: entrance to the permanent collection 105 5.2 Modern art in the Los ...
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... Washington, and other western capitals built museums whose facades looked like Greek or Roman temples, no one mistook them for their ancient prototypes. On the contrary, temple facades - for 200 years the most popular source for public ...
... Washington, and other western capitals built museums whose facades looked like Greek or Roman temples, no one mistook them for their ancient prototypes. On the contrary, temple facades - for 200 years the most popular source for public ...
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... LEARN; TAKE NOTES WITH MO, PENCIL Figure 1 .3 Instructions to visitors to the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC (photo: author). By the nineteenth century, such features were seen as necessary. 10 1 THE ART MUSEUM AS RITUAL.
... LEARN; TAKE NOTES WITH MO, PENCIL Figure 1 .3 Instructions to visitors to the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC (photo: author). By the nineteenth century, such features were seen as necessary. 10 1 THE ART MUSEUM AS RITUAL.
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FROM THE PRINCELY GALLERY TO THE PUBLIC ART MUSEUM The Louvre Museum and the National Gallery London | 21 |
PUBLIC SPACES PRIVATE INTERESTS Municipal art museums in New York and Chicago | 48 |
SOMETHING ETERNAL The donor memorial | 72 |
THE MODERN ART MUSEUM Its a mans world | 102 |
CONCLUSION | 133 |
NOTES | 135 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 162 |
INDEX | 174 |
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