Overview

The text should be essential reading for students and scholars in the fields of architectural history, museum studies, studies in urbanism, tourism and heritage and anyone interested in museum architecture.

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Author:   Kim Latham
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9780719056109

ISBN 10:   0719056101
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   21 August 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction: The architecture of the museum - symbolic structures, urban contexts, Michaela Giebelhausen; Part One: Capital aspirations - urban reimaging: the Kunstkamera of Tsar Peter the Great (St Petersburg 1718-1734); King Solomon's house or repository of the four continents? - Debora J. Meijers; the wrong twigs for an eagle's nest? Architecture, nationalism and Sir Hugh Lane's scheme for a Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 1904-191 -Neil Sharp; exhibiting antipodean narratives - tracing the Perth museum sit -Hannah Lewis; symbolic capital - the Frankfurt museum boom of the 1980 -Michaela Giebelhausen; on the beach - art, tourism and the Tate St Ives - Chris Stephens; Part Two Visible histories - invisible histories: Passionless reformers - the museum and the city in utopia - Nicole Pohl; the return of the Muses - Edinburgh as a Museion - Volker M. Welter; the space of history - modern museums from Patrick Geddes to Le Corbusier - Anthony Vidler; Brasilia, a national capital without a museum - Valerie Fraser; Where oppositions disintegrate and grow complicated - the Maeght Foundation - Jan Birksted.

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The architecture of the museum is a pioneering study of the relation of the museum to the city and of the museumification of the city itself. I have no doubt that it will appeal to readers across a wide range of disciplines. --Alan Wallach, The College of William and Mary

"""The architecture of the museum is a pioneering study of the relation of the museum to the city and of the museumification of the city itself. I have no doubt that it will appeal to readers across a wide range of disciplines.""--Alan Wallach, The College of William and Mary"

Author Information

Michaela Giebelhausen is Lecturer in Art History at the University of Essex.

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