Museology & heritage studies
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Museology & heritage studies
Paperback. Offers a framework for understanding contemporary debates as they have evolved in Europe and the United States. From the visionary museums of Boullee in the eighteenth century to the new Guggenheim in Bilbao and beyond, this book explores various aspects of museum theory and practice: ideals and mission; architecture; the public and commercialism. Num Pages: 364 pages, 112 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AC; GM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1018. 364 pages, Illustrations. Offers a framework for understanding contemporary debates as they have evolved in Europe and the United States. From the visionary museums of Boullee in the eighteenth century to the new Guggenheim in Bilbao and beyond, this book explores various aspects of museum theory and practice: ideals and mission; architecture; the public and commercialism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AC; GM; JFC. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 24. Weight: 986.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251267
- ISBN
- 9780520251267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.03
€ 43.99
€ 31.03
Paperback. Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. Num Pages: 302 pages, 84 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502. Art, Politics and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-Century Paris. 302 pages, 84 b&w illustrations. Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBT; WTHM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 506.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221765
- ISBN
- 9780520221765
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.97
€ 35.99
€ 25.97
Paperback. Bringing together essays by museum professionals and academics from both sides of the Atlantic, Art and its Publics tackles current issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice around the most pressing of contemporary concerns. Editor(s): McClellan, Andrew. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AB; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230472
- ISBN
- 9780631230472
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Condition: New
€ 49.79
€ 49.79
Paperback. Looks at socalled magnetic organizations, namely ones that combine a powerful internal alignment with a compelling vision so that they are able to attract critical resources, such as talented and committed employees, loyal audiences, engaged donors, and the financial capital required to sustain programmatic excellence and growth. Num Pages: 206 pages, 20 colour plates. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- American Association of Museums United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933253831
- ISBN
- 9781933253831
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Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Paperback. Provides a historical perspective on heritage which links early modern (antiquarian) and contemporary heritage care of ancient objects and sites. Uses empirical evidence to present Norwegian culture and heritage to an international audience. Focuses on time, experiences of temporality and the notion of history. Series: Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332050
- ISBN
- 9781785332050
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Condition: New
€ 38.62
€ 38.62
Hardback. A critical study of Libeskind s Berlin Jewish Museum in its historical, architectural and philosophical context, this book develops the notion of 'memorial ethics to explore the Museum s difference from more conventional post-World War Two commemorative sites, with reflections on texts by Beckett, Celan, Derrida, Kafka and others. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 305 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMX; GM; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538307
- ISBN
- 9781137538307
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Condition: New
€ 176.09
€ 176.09
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034607759
- ISBN
- 9783034607759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.13
€ 34.99
€ 33.13
Hardcover. The Holocaust Memorial Museum reveals and traces the transformation of ancient Jewish symbols, rituals, archetypes and narratives deployed in these sites. Demonstrating how cloaking the 'secular' history of the Holocaust in sacred garb, memorial museums generate redemptive yet conflicting visions of the meaning and utility of Holocaust memory. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GM; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137451354
- ISBN
- 9781137451354
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Condition: New
€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Hardcover. Focusing on the key 19th-century enterprise of collecting in museums, this work seeks to illuminate British culture of the period by examining the power that this collecting and exhibiting possessed. Through its museums, the author argues, Victorian London constructed itself as a world city. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; GM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918976
- ISBN
- 9780813918976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Paperback. Takes the reader on a journey from ethnological artifacts to kitsch. Posing the question, 'What does it mean to show?' this title explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions. Num Pages: 311 pages, 98 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: GM; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520209664
- ISBN
- 9780520209664
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.01
€ 43.99
€ 31.01
The Landmarks of New York. An Illustrated, Comprehensive Record of New...
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
Hardcover. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AGP; AMX; GM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5817 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 912
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479883011
- ISBN
- 9781479883011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.14
€ 90.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Lord, Barry; Lord, Gail Dexter; Martin, Lindsay. Num Pages: 720 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GM; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1478.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759121461
- ISBN
- 9780759121461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.61
€ 118.61
Hardback. Series: Cultural Heritage Science. Num Pages: 335 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 136 colour illustrations, 171 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: GM; TNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 309 x 27. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319342399
- ISBN
- 9783319342399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.88
€ 176.88
Paperback. The past decade of both economic crises in Europe and North America as well as an extraordinary museum boom in many Asian countries has led to new questions and concepts for future museum buildings. This book investigates this paradigm change by presenting 20 recent and future museum projects on all continents. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; AMD; AMG; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777427249
- ISBN
- 9783777427249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.56
€ 53.99
€ 38.56
Paperback. Provides an important entree into the current thinking and rethinking on Caribbean heritage. Included are several topics that represent the rich plurality of the Caribbean experience, such as symbolism, popular culture, literature, linguistics, pedagogy, philanthropy, natural history, land tenure, townscapes, archaeology and museology. Editor(s): Reid, Basil A. Num Pages: 404 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766402648
- ISBN
- 9789766402648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Paperback. Updated to reflect the latest developments in twenty-first century museum scholarship, the new Second Edition of Museum Studies: An Anthology of Contexts presents a comprehensive collection of approaches to museums and their relation to history, culture and philosophy. Editor(s): Carbonell, Bettina Messias. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 680
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405173810
- ISBN
- 9781405173810
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.35
€ 51.99
€ 50.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Rasmussen, Bidil Bundgaard; Jensen, Jorgen Steen; Lund, John. Num Pages: 180 pages, 85 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; BGR; GM; HBJD; HBLL; WC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 189 x 14. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nationalmuseet Antiksamlingen Denmark
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788789438054
- ISBN
- 9788789438054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.91
€ 14.91
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815200
- ISBN
- 9781571815200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.58
€ 158.58
Paperback. An original and illuminating study of science, culture, and museums, Articulating Dinosaurs is a remarkable look at not just how we visualize the prehistoric past, but how we make it palpable it our everyday lives. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: GM; JHM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442627055
- ISBN
- 9781442627055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.61
€ 52.99
€ 47.61
Paperback. Concerned with the complex and sophisticated relationship between economics, social context, and aesthetics as represented in the contested space of the art gallery, this book raises the question of how artists must construe their work in relation to the gallery space and system. Num Pages: 113 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 207 x 12. Weight in Grams: 410. The Ideology of the Gallery Space. 113 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. Concerned with the complex and sophisticated relationship between economics, social context, and aesthetics as represented in the contested space of the art gallery, this book raises the question of how artists must construe their work in relation to the gallery space and system. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Dimension: 202 x 207 x 12. Weight: 418.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 113
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Expanded Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220409
- ISBN
- 9780520220409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.92
€ 35.99
€ 25.92