Title & Author:

The architecture of the museum : symbolic structures, urban contexts / edited by Michaela Giebelhausen.

Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2003.

Description:

xii, 249 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Series:

Critical perspectives in art history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-240) and index.
The Kunstkamera of Tsar Peter the Great (St. Petersburg 1718-34) / Debora J. Meijers -- The wrong twigs for an eagle's nest? / Neil Sharp -- Exhibiting antipodean narratives / Hannah Lewi -- Symbolic capital / Michaela Giebelhausen -- On the beach / Chris Stephens -- Passionless reformers / Nicole Pohl -- The return of the muses / Volker M. Welter -- The space of history / Anthony Vidler -- Brasilia, a national capital without a national museum / Valerie Fraser -- Where oppositions disintegrate and grow complicated / Jan Birksted.

Summary:

This volume examines the meaning of museum architecture in the urban environment, considering important issues such as forms of civic representation, urban regeneration of and cultural tourism and the museumification of the city itself.

Resources:
Table of contents
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0719056098 (hardback)
9780719056093 (hardback)
0719056101 (pbk.)
9780719056109 (pbk.)

Subject:

Heimatmuseum der Gemeinde Gründau
Museum architecture Social aspects.
Symbolism in architecture.
Musées Architecture Aspect social.
Symbolisme en architecture.
Architecture des musées Aspect social.
museums (buildings)
Museumsbau
Architektur
Museumgebouwen.
Stadsplanning.
Musealisering.
Museums 1690-2010.
Symbolism (artistic concept)

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Giebelhausen, Michaela.
Critical perspectives in art history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228772
Call No.: NA6690 .A747 2003
Status: Available