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.
by Braun, Helmut, Feddersen, Eckhard, Lüdtke, Insa, Dreßke, Stefan, Dwight, Maria B., Eberle, Dietmar, Hausenbiegl, Angelika, Heiming, Bernhard, Hürlimann, Matthias, Hürlimann-Siebke, Katharina, Krings-Heckemeier, Marie-Therese, Mahmoudieh, Yasmine, Myllymäki-Neuhoff, Johanna, Tauke, Beth, Tavridis, Nikolaos, Welter, Rudolf, Wulf, Harms, Zell, Evmarie
Der Reichstag ist eines der wenigen Gebäude, die stets im Brennpunkt des Geschehens und im Spannungsfeld der deutschen Geschichte standen. Michael S. Cullen erzählt mit der Kenntnis des Insiders die Bau- und politische Geschichte des heutigen Bundestages von der langwierigen Pla…
Presents great architectural achievements of exceptional architects including The Escorial, Sagrada Familia Church of Barcelona, The Taj Mahal, Taivallahti Church of Helsinki, Le Corbusier's Chapel at Ronchamp, Fontainebleau, Belvedere Castle, and Guggenheim Museum.
Here Comes the Sun looks at how social reformers, planners and architects in the early twentieth century tried to remake the city in the image of a sunlit, ordered utopia. While much has been written about architectural modernism, Worpole concentrates less on buildings and more …
