Spectacle and Display - Softcover

 
9781405175241: Spectacle and Display
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1405175249 ISBN 13: 9781405175241
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Synopsis

Leading international scholars and younger researchers address issues such as museum display, collecting, the creation of visual spectacles, institutional histories, curatorial strategies, cultural exclusion and definitions of heritage.

  • An authoritative analysis on the way that art and the visual are displayed and presented
  • Explores a variety of cultural contexts and historical periods
  • A benchmark collection addressing specific displays and notable objects alongside the politics of spectacle and questions of audience

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About the Author

Deborah Cherry is Professor of Contemporary and Modern Art at the University of Amsterdam.

Fintan Cullen is Professor of Art History at the University of Nottingham.

From the Back Cover

In the ten years since Carol Duncan's Civilising Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums (1995), public and scholarly interest in the way that art and the visual have been displayed and are presented has increased enormously. This volume brings the discussions up to date. Leading international scholars and younger researchers address issues such as museum display, collecting, the creation of visual spectacles, institutional histories, curatorial strategies, cultural exclusion and definitions of heritage. Exploring a variety of cultural contexts and historical periods, this benchmark collection addresses specific displays and notable objects alongside the politics of spectacle and questions of audience.

From the Inside Flap

In the ten years since Carol Duncan's Civilising Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums (1995), public and scholarly interest in the way that art and the visual have been displayed and are presented has increased enormously. This volume brings the discussions up to date. Leading international scholars and younger researchers address issues such as museum display, collecting, the creation of visual spectacles, institutional histories, curatorial strategies, cultural exclusion and definitions of heritage. Exploring a variety of cultural contexts and historical periods, this benchmark collection addresses specific displays and notable objects alongside the politics of spectacle and questions of audience.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1405175249
ISBN 13 
9781405175241
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200
Editor
Cherry Deborah, Cullen Fintan