| Description |
xiii, 313 p. : ill. |
| Series |
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-304)and index. |
| 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 |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Art museums -- Social aspects.
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Art museums -- Philosophy.
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Art -- Exhibition techniques.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780822387572 |
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0822387573 |
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0822336820 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780822336822 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0822336944 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780822336945 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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