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Art & Energy How Culture Changes
ISBN: PB: 9781933253916, ISBN: HB: 9781933253930, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, April 2014
320 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 75 colour plates
In "Art & Energy", Barry Lord argues that human creativity is deeply linked to the resources available on earth for our survival. From our ancient mastery of fire through our exploitation of coal, oil, and gas, to the development of today's renewable...
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£24,50
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£35,00
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Museums in a Global Context National Identity, International Understanding
ISBN: PB: 9781933253855, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, September 2013
200 pp., 22.6x16.5 cm, 15 colour plates, 10 halftones
Most museum visitors can see how national character is reflected in the museum's layout and collection. But museums do more than provide a mirror for national identity; they shape it".Museums in a Global Context" looks at the way globalization has sh...
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£24,50
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Quality Instinct Seeing Art Through a Museum Director's Eye
ISBN: PB: 9781933253671, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, February 2013
236 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 60 colour illus.
How do we judge what is good in art? And more to the point, can we even judge art? These questions have long spawned heated conversations about objectivity, subjectivity, and qualitative judgment that span both the academic and art worlds. Acclaimed...
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£30,00
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Exhibitions Concept, Planning and Design
ISBN: PB: 9781933253695, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, February 2013
272 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 200 colour illus.
"Good exhibition design promotes thought and feeling through the creation of an emotionally charged space – an environment that engulfs visitors, pulls them forward, and draws them into the story and its meaning", writes Tom Klobe in "Exhibitions". H...
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£42,00
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