Museums and Modernity: Art Galleries and the Making of Modern Culture
Author:   Dr Nick Prior
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   v. 5
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9781859735084


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 June 2002
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Author:   Dr Nick Prior
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Volume:   v. 5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.389kg
ISBN:  

9781859735084


ISBN 10:   1859735088
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 June 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I Museums and Modernity in Europe and England Introduction From Court to State: The Emergence of National Art Museums in Continental Europe 'The Peculiarities of the English': The Formation of the National Gallery, London Part II Art, Society and the Birth of the National Gallery of Scotland Stirrings of the Modern: Art, Civil Society and the Scottish Enlightenment The Birth of the National Gallery of Scotland, 1800-59 The High Within and the Low Without: The Social Production of Aesthetic Space in the National Gallery of Scotland, 1859-70 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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'Nick Prior's lucid and intelligent book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the contradictory dynamics characterising the relations between art museums and modernity. An essential and provoking study.' Tony Bennett, The Open University 'A timely and exciting book that makes a substantial historical as well as theoretically astute contribution to a critical field of museum and cultural studies.' Griselda Pollock, University of Leeds 'This lively, excellent and compelling study of three great national galleries of art during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is a must for anyone who is interested in museum issues ... The book is a study in the historical sociology of museums which is of profound relevance to current debates about citizenship and cultural equality.' Gordon Fyfe, Keele University 'This Bourdieu-inspired cultural/sociological history considerably expands existing understanding of the formation of the modern European art market and museum


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Nick Prior is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

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