Museums and Modernity - Art Galleries and the Making of Modern Culture (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

Short-listed for the Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2003
Museums have been the subject of intense debate in recent years and their history and development raise important questions. What was 'modern' about the art museum? Why did museums emerge when and where they did? How were museums involved with the development of modern art worlds? What was the relationship between art galleries and their audiences and who were the key people involved with their inception?
Focusing on the role of national art galleries in continental Europe, England and Scotland, this book explores in depth the interrelationship between artistic and exhibitionary forms, as well as between power and governance in those places where the roots of modern culture were being laid most visibly. Drawing upon debates concerning modernity, Prior investigates how the boundaries of art and culture have been determined within the museum world. In particular, he looks at the interface between the project of the nation and the gallery and how galleries were involved in making certain social groups or bodies feel 'at home' and others excluded.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Leisure, Consumption and Culture
Release date:	June 2002
First published:	June 2002
Authors:	Nick Prior
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-85973-503-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-85973-503-7
Barcode:	9781859735039

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