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Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums
Carol Duncan
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Description for Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums
Paperback. This book considers the material conditions in which the production and consumption of art takes place, looking at how art is presented to the community and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and political determinants. Num Pages: 192 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: A; GM; JFC; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
Illustrated with over fifty photos, Civilizing Rituals merges contemporary debates with lively discussion and explores central issues involved in the making and displaying of art as industry and how it is presented to the community.
Carol Duncan looks at how nations, institutions and private individuals present art , and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and political determinants.
Civilizing Rituals is ideal reading for students of art history and museum studies, and professionals in the field will also find much of interest here.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415070126
SKU
V9780415070126
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Ref
99-1
About Carol Duncan
Carol Duncan teaches art history at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Her essays have been collected in The Aesthetics of Power (1993).
Reviews for Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums
'A stimulating book and a valuable addition to the literature.' - Howard Leathlean, Oxford Art Journal