McClellan Art and Its Publics

Museum Studies at the Millennium
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77671-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Interventions in Art History

Bringing together essays by museum professionals and academics fromboth sides of the Atlantic, Art and its Publics tacklescurrent issues confronting the museum community and seeks tofurther the debate between theory and practice around the mostpressing of contemporary concerns.
* * Brings together essays that focus on the interface between theart object, its site of display, and the viewing public.
* Tackles issues confronting the museum community and seeks tofurther the debate between theory and practice.
* Presents a cross-section of contemporary concerns withcontributions from museum professionals as well as academics.
* Part of the New Interventions in Art History series, publishedin conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McClellan, Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.
List of Contributors.
Series Editor's Preface.
1. Introduction.
2. A Brief History of the Art Museum Public: Andrew McClellan(Tufts University).
3. Having One's Tate and Eating It: Transformations of theMuseum in a Hypermodern Era: Nick Prior (University ofEdinburgh).
4. Museums: Theory, Practice and Illusion: Danielle Rice(Philadelphia Museum of Art).
5. Norman Rockwell at the Guggenheim: Alan Wallach(College of William and Mary).
6. The Return to Curiosity: Shifting Paradigms in ContemporaryMuseum Display: Stephen Bann (Bristol University).
7. Museum Sight: Anne Higonnet (Wellesley College).
8. Sacred to Profane and Back Again: Ivan Gaskell (Fogg ArtMuseum, Harvard University).
9. From Theory to Practice: Exhibiting African Art in theTwenty-first Century: Christa Clarke (Neuberger Museum of Art,SUNY).
10. Reframing Public Art: Audience Use, Interpretation, andAppreciation: Harriet F. Senie (CUNY).
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew McClellan is Associate Professor of Art History at Tufts University. He is author of Inventing the Louvre: Art, Politics, and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-century Paris (1999).