Museums and modernity : art galleries and the making of modern culture / Nick Prior.
| Author/creator | Prior, Nick |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2002. |
| Description | xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Cover title | Museums & modernity |
| Portion of title | Art galleries and the making of modern culture |
| Series | Leisure, consumption and culture Leisure, consumption, and culture. ^A568669 |
| Contents | Part I: Museums and modernity in Europe and England -- Introduction -- From court to state: the emergence of national art museums in continental Europe -- 'The peculiarities of the English': the formation of the National Gallery, London -- Part II: Art, society and the birth of the National Gallery of Scotland -- Stirrings of the modern: art, civil society and the Scottish Enlightenment -- The birth of the National Gallery of Scotland, 1800-59 -- The high within and the low without: the social production of aesthetic space in the National Gallery of Scotland, 1859-70. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-245) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002002816 |
| ISBN | 1859735037 |
| ISBN | 1859735088 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | N1010 .P75 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |