Main entry:

Schubert, Karsten.

Title & Author:

The curator's egg : the evolution of the museum concept from the French Revolution to the present day / Karsten Schubert.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication:

London : Ridinghouse, 2009.

Description:

187 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Previous edition: London: One Off, 2002.
Previous ed.: London: One Off, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beginnings -- Paris and London, 1760-1870 -- Berlin, 1900-1930 -- New York, 1930-1950 -- Europe, 1945-1970 -- Paris, 1970-1980 -- After the Centre Pompidou -- The "discovery" of the audience -- Artists -- Politics -- Architecture 1: making and remaking museums -- An experiment: the global museum -- Architecture 2: museum makeovers -- Modes of display -- Bouvard and Pécuchet: epilogue -- Democracy of spectacle: the museum revisited.

Summary:

'The Curator's Egg' traces the growth of the museum concept from the opening of the Louvre to the current popularity of buildings by 'starchitects'. Encompassing curatorial, scholarly, political and cultural spheres, author Karsten Schubert addresses the concept of the museum from a variety of influences.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781905464203 (pbk.)
1905464207 (pbk.)

Subject:

Heimatmuseum Amöneburg
Museums History.
Museums Philosophy History.
Museum techniques History.
Musées Histoire.
Musées Philosophie Histoire.
Muséologie Histoire.
Museum techniques.
Museums.
Museums Philosophy.
Konzeption
Museum
Konstmuseer historia.
Museologi.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 276394
Call No.: BIB 210991
Status: Available