The architecture of the museum : symbolic structures, urban contexts / edited by Michaela Giebelhausen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giebelhausen, Michaela.

Series:

Barber Institute's critical perspectives in art history series

Critical perspectives in art history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum architecture--Social aspects.

Museum architecture.

Symbolism in architecture.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 249 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

Every city has at least one, and great cities often have more. From the Louvre to the Bilbao Guggenheim and Tate Modern, the museum has had a long-standing relationship with the city. This original volume examines the meaning of museum architecture in the urban environment, considering important issues such as forms of civic representation, urban regeneration, cultural tourism and the museumification of the city itself. With an introduction and separate chapter by the editor, this volume includes contributions from Jan Birksted, Valerie Fraser, Hannah Lewi, Debora J. Meijers, Nicole Pohl, Neil Sharp, Chris Stephens, Anthony Vidler, and Volker M. Welter. Coming from a range of disciplines, this international group of distinguished scholars bridges the gap between museum studies and traditional architectural history. They explore the conceptual architectural frameworks that govern the museum's diverse symbolic structures and focus attention on the complex ways in which museums function in the city. Ranging from the seventeenth century to the present day, the detailed and thoroughly researched case studies are drawn from Great Britain, continental Europe, South America and Australia. The volume is essential reading for students and scholars in the fields of Architectural History, Museum Studies, Studies in Urbanism, Tourism and Heritage and anyone interested in museum architecture.

Contents:

Introduction: the architecture of the museum

symbolic structures, urban contexts / Michaela Giebelhausen 1

Part I Capital Aspirations

Urban Reimaging

1 The Kunstkamera of Tsar Peter the Great (St Petersburg 1718-34): King Solomon's house or repository of the four continents? / Debora J. Meijers 17

2 The wrong twigs for an eagle's nest? Architecture, nationalism and Sir Hugh Lane's scheme for a Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 1904-13 / Neil Sharp 32

3 Exhibiting antipodean narratives: tracing the Perth museum site / Hannah Lewi 54

4 Symbolic capital: the Frankfurt museum boom of the 1980s / Michaela Giebelhausen 75

5 On the beach: art, tourism and the Tate St Ives / Chris Stephens 108

Part II Visible Histories

Invisible Histories

6 'Passionaless reformers': the museum and the city in utopia / Nicole Pohl 127

7 The return of the Muses: Edinburgh as a Museion / Volker M. Welter 144

8 The space of history: modern museums from Patrick Geddes to Le Corbusier / Anthony Vidler 160

9 Brasilia, a national capital without a national museum / Valerie Fraser 183

10 'Where oppositions disintegrate and grow complicated': the Maeght Foundation / Jan Birksted 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [224]-240) and index.

ISBN:

0719056098

0719056101

OCLC:

52749998