Andrew McClellan
Autore di The Art Museum from Boullée to Bilbao
Sull'Autore
Andrew McClellan is Associate Professor of Art History at Tufts University
Opere di Andrew McClellan
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- McClellan, Andrew Lockwood
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Istruzione
- Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London (Ph.D)
University of East Anglia (MA)
University College London (BA) - Attività lavorative
- professor
art historian - Organizzazioni
- Tufts University
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 169
- Popolarità
- #126,057
- Voto
- 2.9
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 11
Other essays looks at private museums, public art exhibitions, how the public evaluates what is art in the first place, and how exhibition layouts and signage play into patron bias. Each essay is insightful (or at the very least informative) in its own right, and all throughout reading, I felt compelled to go to a museum to see how various tidbits from the book were present, so it does get the reader thinking about museums.
Is it a fun read? Decidedly not. But, if you are at all interesting in how museum directors and curators make decisions about their collections and exhibitions, then there are probably far worse books you could read. All in all, it was worth the time I put into it.… (altro)