Illustrated with over fifty photos, Civilizing Rituals merges contemporary debates with lively discussion and explores central issues involved in the making and displaying of art as industry and how it is presented to the community. Carol Duncan looks at how nations, institution…
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This book considers the material conditions in which the production and consumption of art takes place, looking at how art is presented to the community and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and political determinants.
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Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture publishes the proceedings of the first annual Sackler Centre for Arts Education conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V & A) in London. The conference launched the annual series by addressing the question of how gallery …
1. Introduction / Juliette FritschPart 1 Situating interpretation in the museum context2. The Museum as a social instrument : a democratic conception of museum education / George E. Hein3. Invoking the Muse : the purposes and processes of communicative action in museums / Paulet…
