Museum skepticism [electronic resource] : a history of the display of art in public galleries / David Carrier.
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| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2006.
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Museum Skepticism: A History of the Display of Art in Public Galleries |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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