« Museums and the Ancient Middle East is the first book to focus on contemporary exhibit practice in museums that present the ancient Middle East. Bringing together the latest thinking from a diverse and international group of leading curators, the book presents the views of tho…
Introductory -- Curating the ancient Middle East / Geoff Emberling and Lucas Petit -- Museum displays and the creation of the ancient Middle East : a view from the Ashmolean and the British museum / Paul Collins -- Ancient "art" in the white cube? or how contemporary art creates…
Museums and the Ancient Middle East is the first book to focus on contemporary exhibit practice in museums that present the ancient Middle East. Bringing together the latest thinking from a diverse and international group of leading curators, the book presents the views of those…
Museums and the Ancient Middle East is the first book to focus on contemporary exhibit practice in museums that present the ancient Middle East. Bringing together the latest thinking from a diverse and international group of leading curators, the book presents the views of those…
This volume brings together original contributions from international scholars to show how social and cultural theory can bring new insight to debate about museums. Analytical perspectives on the museum are drawn from the anthropology and sociology of globalisation, time space a…
A collection of contributions from international scholars to show how social and cultural theory can bring new insight to debate about museums. Subjects include among others museums and globalisation; a feminist perspective on museums; and visitor research.
This volume brings together international contributions to show how social and cultural theory can provide new insights to the debate about museums. Analytical perspectives on the museum are drawn from the anthropology and sociology of globalization, time, space and consumption.
Traditionally, there has been an implicit acceptance of the autonomy of the artwork and a blindness to what Mary Anne Staniszewski calls "the power of display." In this groundbreaking examination of installation design as an aesthetic medium, Staniszewski offers the first histor…
Destination Culture deals with agencies of display in museums, festivals, world's fair, historical recreations, and tourist attractions. Drawing on the history of the avant-garde and the implications of its practices, Destination Culture attempts to theorize the artifact and the…
