Creating the Musée d'Orsay : the politics of culture in France / Andrea Kupfer Schneider.

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Schneider, Andrea Kupfer, author.

Title & Author:

Creating the Musée d'Orsay : the politics of culture in France / Andrea Kupfer Schneider.

Publication:

Description:

ix, 150 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-144) and index.
1. Administrative History and the Architectural Debate -- 2. The Collection -- 3. The Conception of the Museum -- 4. Mixed Signals.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

The Gare d'Orsay train station, designed by French architect Victor Laloux, opened in Paris in 1900 to much fanfare. In fact, it was so beautiful that the French painter Eduoard Detaille felt it would be more appropriate as a museum. Eighty-six years later, after a complex and controversial decision-making process, the French government finally transformed the station into the Musee d'Orsay, now one of the most dramatic and popular museums in Paris. This concise book presents the fascinating history of the creation of the Musee d'Orsay and the battles among the prominent politicians, curators, and historians over the architecture, collections, and concept of the museum.

ISBN:

027101752X (alk. paper)
9780271017525 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Musée d'Orsay.
Musée d'Orsay (Paris, France)
Paris / Musée d'Orsay.
Art and state France.
Art Politique gouvernementale France.
20.70 European art.
Art and state.
Cultural policy.
Geschichte
Cultuurbeleid.
Art museums France Paris.
France Cultural policy.
France Politique culturelle
France.
1978-1986

Holdings:

Location: Library main 196472
Call No.: ID N2050.O77.S36; ID:97-B4918
Status: Available

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