Name: The Architecture of the Museum By Kim Latham
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The Architecture of the Museum by Kim Latham

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.

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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GOR006013682

ISBN 13

9780719056109

ISBN 10

0719056101

Title

The Architecture of the Museum by Kim Latham

Author

Kim Latham

Series

Critical Perspectives in Art History

Condition

Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Year published

20030821

Number of pages

264

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The Architecture of the Museum Kim Latham

The Architecture of the Museum by Kim Latham

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