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This book brings together contributions from scholars from
intersecting disciplines. Arguing that we are witnessing a paradigm
shift concerning the place of historic spaces and museums in the
contemporary imaginary, the volume shows that such institutions are
merging traditional scholarly activities tied to historical
representation and inquiry with novel modes of display and
interpretation, drawing them closer to the world of entertainment
and interactive consumption. The book concludes that museums and
historic sites are reinventing themselves, in order to remain
meaningful and to play a role in societies aspiring to be more
inclusive and open to historical and cultural debate. This book
will be of interest to students and faculty who are engaged in the
study of museums, art history, architectural and design history,
social and cultural history, interior design, visual culture, and
material culture.
"Andrew McClellan's well-conceived, thoughtfully argued book
provides a much-needed history of the art museum as well as an
astute assessment of critical issues facing museums today. There
has been a pressing need for a synthetic, even-handed overview like
this one. It will find a large readership among those concerned
with museums, art history, and cultural policy, and I predict it
will be widely used in courses in museum and curatorial
studies."--Martha Ward, author of "Pissarro, Neo-impressionism and
the Spaces of the Avant-Garde"
""The Art Museum from Boullee to Bilbao" is extremely important to
the growing field of museum studies. It will make an excellent text
and will also be important to museum professionals, who must be
aware of the complexity of the critical issues it covers. It is the
only book that addresses museum architecture, ideals and missions,
collecting and display, restitution and repatriation,
commercialism, and the public."--Harriet F. Senie, author of "The
Tilted Arc Controversy: Dangerous Precedent?"
"The increasing number of people interested in the history of
museums have benefited greatly from Andrew McClellan's
contributions over the past two decades. In this exemplary volume,
McClellan summarizes and extends his perspectives on museums as
institutions 'of hope and aspiration' as he establishes a much
needed context for the rhetoric of celebration and critique
emanating from within and without these organizations. It is a
useful as well as an important book and one that will be read by
many--students and lay public alike--as they attempt to make sense
of these institutions and the sometimes conflicting accounts of
their purpose and programs."--MichaelConforti, Director of the
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
"Combining powerful critique with a grounded utopianism, Andrew
McClellan dissects the art museum's past in order to identify its
emancipatory potential for the future. The result is a tour de
force that reinvigorates our sense of why art museums matter. This
is a book that will leave its mark on debates about the social role
of museums for some time to come."--Tony Bennett, Director, ESRC
Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change
"With its long historical view of ongoing controversies and
debates, "The Art Museum from Boullee to Bilbao" represents a
much-needed contribution to the discussion of the role of museums
in contemporary society. Museum professionals, scholars, and lay
readers alike will find much to ponder in its pages.--Alan Wallach,
author of "Exhibiting Contradiction: Essays on the Art Museum in
the United States"
"Timely and topical, "The Art Museum from Boullee to Bilbao" is a
comprehensive study of the evolution of the art museum as a social
institution. Andrew McClellan's clear-eyed and insightful analysis
places key issues faced by museums today in historical perspective
and gives us a better understanding of current debates about
museums and their place in society. Combining a deep knowledge of
history and critical theory with an understanding of practice, this
text makes a significant contribution to museum studies and should
be required reading for museum professionals and academics
alike."--Christa Clarke, Curator, The Newark Museum
From 1921 until 1948, Paul J. Sachs (1878-1965) offered a yearlong
program in art museum training, "Museum Work and Museum Problems,"
through Harvard University's Fine Arts Department. Known simply as
the Museum Course, the program was responsible for shaping a
professional field-museum curatorship and management-that, in turn,
defined the organisational structure and values of an institution
through which the American public came to know art. Conceived at a
time of great museum expansion and public interest in the United
States, the Museum Course debated curatorial priorities and put
theory into practice through the placement of graduates in museums
big and small across the land. In this book, authors Sally Anne
Duncan and Andrew McClellan examine the role that Sachs and his
program played in shaping the character of art museums in the
United States in the formative decades of the twentieth century.
"The Art of Curating" is essential reading for museum studies
scholars, curators, and historians.
Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre--with
the greatest collection of Old Master paintings and antique
sculpture assembled under one roof--became the model for all state
art museums subsequently established. Andrew McClellan chronicles
the formation of this great museum from its origins in the French
royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution
and Napoleonic Empire. More than a narrative history, McClellan's
account explores the ideological underpinnings, pedagogic aims, and
aesthetic criteria of the Louvre. Drawing on new archival
materials, McClellan also illuminates the art world of
eighteenth-century Paris.
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