Introduction: Thinking about museums -- Do museums need objects anymore? -- Objects of culture and cultural objects -- Where is the East? -- Where have all the grown-ups gone? -- The birth and the death of a museum -- Museums, public space, and civic identity.
by Conn, Steven
fromArts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Conn ranges across a wide variety of museum types--from art and anthropology to science and commercial museums--asking questions about the relationship between museums and knowledge, about the connection between culture and politics, about the role of museums in representing non…
by Conn, Steven
fromArts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Conn ranges across a wide variety of museum types--from art and anthropology to science and commercial museums--asking questions about the relationship between museums and knowledge, about the connection between culture and politics, about the role of museums in representing non…
Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition, Divine Protection, Batak art of North Sumatra, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 22-December 31, 1994.
The history of Australia comes to life in the stories of individual Australians and their possessions. From a slouch hat to a dress hand-sewn during the Depression, from Captain Cook's globe to Mabo's map, from Henry Lawson's pen to Cathy Freeman's running suit, each of these ob…
The history of Australia comes to life in the stories of individual Australians and their possessions. From a slouch hat to a dress hand-sewn during the Depression, from Captain Cook's globe to Mabo's map, from Henry Lawson's pen to Cathy Freeman's running suit, each of these ob…
"The established narrative of art history is traditionally narrated through national or cultural lenses that focus on specific artistic practices characteristic of a given nation or culture: bronze in ancient China, architecture in ancient Rome, or oil painting in early modern E…
Materials -- Realization -- Circulation and interchange -- Function -- Memory and gift -- Appearance -- Touch. "The established narrative of art history is traditionally narrated through national or cultural lenses that focus on specific artistic practices characteristic of a g…
"The established narrative of art history is traditionally narrated through national or cultural lenses that focus on specific artistic practices characteristic of a given nation or culture: bronze in ancient China, architecture in ancient Rome, or oil painting in early modern E…
"The established narrative of art history is traditionally narrated through national or cultural lenses that focus on specific artistic practices characteristic of a given nation or culture: bronze in ancient China, architecture in ancient Rome, or oil painting in early modern E…
