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Museum Skepticism: A History of the Display of Art in Public Galleries » (1st Edition)
Authors: David Carrier
ISBN-13: 9780822336945, ISBN-10: 0822336944
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date Published: June 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: David Carrier
David Carrier is the Champney Family Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Art. His books include Sean Scully; Writing about Visual Art; The Aesthetics of Comics; High Art: Charles Baudelaire and the Origins of Modernist Painting; Principles of Art History Writing; and Poussin’s Paintings.
Book Synopsis
Prominent art historian looks at the birth of the art museum and contemplates its future as a public institution.
Table of Contents
| 1 | "Beauty and art, history and fame and power" : on entering the Louvre | 17 |
| 2 | Art and power : time travel in the museum | 39 |
| 3 | Museum skeptics | 51 |
| 4 | Picturing museum skepticism | 74 |
| 5 | Art museum narratives | 91 |
| 6 | Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum | 110 |
| 7 | Ernest Fenollosa's history of Asian art | 126 |
| 8 | Albert Barnes's foundation and the place of modernist art within the art museum | 146 |
| 9 | The display of absolutely contemporary art in the J. Paul Getty Museum | 165 |
| 10 | The end of the modern public art museum : a tale of two cities | 181 |
| Conclusion : what the public art museum might become | 208 |
Subjects
Art, Architecture & Photography
Art History & Criticism General & Miscellaneous Art
Art, Architecture & Photography Museums Art museums
Art History & Criticism General & Miscellaneous ArtArt, Architecture & Photography
Museums Art museums
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