The formation of national collections of art and archaeology / edited by Gwendolyn Wright.

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The formation of national collections of art and archaeology / edited by Gwendolyn Wright.

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Description:

176 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Series:

Studies in the history of art, 0091-7338 ; 47. Symposium papers ; 27

Notes:
Proceedings of the symposium "The formation of national collections of art and archaeology" sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, 24-26 Oct. 1991.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / GWENDOLYN WRIGHT -- Local meanings and portable objects : national collections, literatures, music, and architecture / PHILIP FISHER -- Nationalism and the origins of the museum in France / ANDREW MCCLELLAN -- Interpretations of the terms national collection and national museum in Scandinavia / PER BJURSTROM -- The museum island in Berlin / THOMAS W. GAEHTGENS -- Shrine of art or signature of a new nation? the national gallery (ies) in Berlin, 1848-1968 / FRANCOISE FORSTER-HAHN -- Putting the "nation" in London's national gallery / CAROL DUNCAN -- On the problem of forming a national art collection in the United States : William Wilson corcoran's failed national gallery / ALAN WALLACH -- National culture under colonial auspices : the Eeole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient / GWENDOLYN WRIGHT -- Ethnography, popular culture, and institutional power : narratives of benin culture in the British Museum, 1897-1991 / ANNIE E. COOMBES -- Some thoughts about national museums at the end of the century / ROGER G. KENNEDY -- In the temple of entelechy : the museum as evidentiary artifact / DONALD PREZIOSI.

ISBN:

0894682024
9780894682025

Subject:

Museums Political aspects Congresses.
Cultural policy Congresses.
Nationalism Congresses.
Musées Aspect politique Congrès.
Politique culturelle Congrès.
Nationalisme Congrès.
20.12 art museums.
Cultural policy
Museums Political aspects
Nationalism
Kunstmusea.
Overheid.
Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
Art museums Congresses.

Form/genre:

Symposia.
Conference papers and proceedings
Congresses (form)

Added entries:

Wright, Gwendolyn.
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (U.S.)
Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; 47.
Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). Symposium papers ; 27.

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Location: Library main 192474
Call No.: ID AM7.F67; ID:97-B3564
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