The Architecture of the Museum
Manchester University Press
Published on 21. August 2003
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-7190-5609-3 (ISBN)
Description
The text should be of interest to 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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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-5609-3 (9780719056093)
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Content
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, 1904-1913, Neil Sharp; exhibiting antipodean narratives - tracing the Perth museum site, Hannah Lewi; symbolic capital - the Frankfurt museum boom of the 1980s, 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.