Museum skepticism a history of the display of art in public galleries / David Carrier.
| Author/creator | Carrier, David, 1944- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Durham : Duke University Press, |
| Description | xiii, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-304)and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005031585 |
| ISBN | 0822336820 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822336822 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822336944 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822336945 (pbk. : alk. paper) |