Overview

The material conditions in which the production and consumption of art takes place is a topic of increasing importance in art history. This title studies art as an industry and a public practice, looking at how nations, institutions and private individuals present art to the community and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and political determinants.

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Author:   Carol Duncan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780415070126

ISBN 10:   0415070120
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   18 May 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1 THE ART MUSEUM AS RITUAL 2 FROM THE PRINCELY GALLERY TO THE PUBLIC ART MUSEUM: THE LOUVRE MUSEUM AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON 3 PUBLIC SPACES, PRIVATE INTERESTS: MUNICIPAL ART MUSEUMS IN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 4 SOMETHING ETERNAL: THE DONOR MEMORIAL 5 THE MODERN ART MUSEUM: IT’S A MAN’S WORLD, CONCLUSION

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Duncan balances her reading of the museum as economically motivated and culturally specific sign with a theoretically promising investigation of ritual and liminality in the gallery context.

Author Information

Carol Duncan teaches art history at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Her essays have been collected in The Aesthetics of Power (1993).

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