Museum skepticism a history of the display of art in public galleries / David Carrier.

Author/creator Carrier, David, 1944-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press,
Descriptionxiii, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-304)and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
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ISBN0822336820 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822336822 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822336944 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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