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Museum skepticism : a history of the display of art in public galleries / David Carrier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carrier, David, 1944-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art museums--Social aspects.
- Art museums.
- Art museums--Philosophy.
- Art--Exhibition techniques.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.
- Durham ; London : Duke University Press, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Prominent art historian looks at the birth of the art museum and contemplates its future as a public institution.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-304)and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed January 27, 2023)
- ISBN:
- 9786613022165
- 9781283022163
- 1283022168
- 9780822387572
- 0822387573
- OCLC:
- 220950350
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