
Contemporary Museums
Maggie Toy(Editor)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 9. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 96 pages
978-0-471-97738-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume looks at the connection between commerce and the new museum exploring how architects are responding to requirements. The issue debates whether museums and art galleries are solely designed for displaying art and artefacts for commercial gain, how much they reaffirm establishment values, are they the religious centres of the generation? Projects featured include: Richard Meier's Museum of Television and Radio, Los Angeles; Norman Foster's American Air Museum, Duxford, Britain; Hans Hollein's Guggenheim Museum, Vienna; Frans Hak's Groninger Museum, The Netherlands; Kisho Kurokawa's Shiga Kogen Roman Art Museum, Nagano, Japan.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
ca. 130 farb. u. schw.-w. Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 25.2 cm
Weight
688 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-97738-4 (9780471977384)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Partial table of contents: Editorial (M. Toy). The Contemporary Museum (C. Jencks). Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands (F. Haks). Guggenheim Museum, Vienna (H. Hollein). Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, UK (D. Walker). Experience or Interpretation: The Dilemma of Museums of Modern Art (N. Serota).