a history of the display of art in public galleries Carrier, David 1944- creator ProQuest (Firm) text bibliography Electronic books. ncu Durham Duke University Press 2006 monographic eng

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xiii, 313 p. : ill. 1. "Beauty and art, history and fame and power" : on entering the Louvre -- 2. Art and power : time travel in the museum -- 3. Museum skeptics -- 4. Picturing museum skepticism -- 5. Art museum narratives -- 6. Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum -- 7. Ernest Fenollosa's history of Asian art -- 8. Albert Barnes's foundation and the place of modernist art within the art museum -- 9. The display of absolutely contemporary art in the J. Paul Getty museum -- 10. The end of the modern public art museum : a tale of two cities -- Conclusion : What the public art museum might become David Carrier. Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-304)and index. Art museums Social aspects Art museums Philosophy Art Exhibition techniques N430 .C37 2006 9780822387572 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1169313 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1169313 MiAaPQ 080407 20250821124703.0 EBC1169313 eng