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Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display
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Title: Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display
Author: Ivan Karp
ISBN: 1560980214
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 1991
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 2nd Printing
Number of Pages: 480
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. The contributors--museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology--represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function as intermediaries between the makers of art or artifacts and the eventual viewers.
Author: Ivan Karp
ISBN: 1560980214
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 1991
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 2nd Printing
Number of Pages: 480
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Debating the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how art and artifacts are displayed and understood. The contributors--museum directors, curators, and scholars in art history, folklore, history, and anthropology--represent a variety of stances on the role of museums and their function as intermediaries between the makers of art or artifacts and the eventual viewers.
