Book
Public art : thinking museums differently
Record details
- ISBN: 9780759109599
- ISBN: 0759109591 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xxix, 167 p. : ill ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2006.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Art museums -- Philosophy Public art |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | N430 .H45 2006 (Text) | 30216485 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Choice Reviews : Choice Reviews 2007 March
Hein's exploration of the museum world emphasizes experience and qualifies art as "a process, not a thing," hence her concept of "the museum as a performance in which objects and people participate." Six chapters discuss "The Experiential Museum," "Private, Nonprivate, and the Public," "History and Meaning of Public Art," "Innovation in Public Art," "Old Museums and a New Paradigm," and "Why a New Paradigm." Although her exposition is soundly based in philosophical arguments, Hein illuminates the discourse with examples like Christo's Gates project and the Baltimore Museum of Visionary Art. The reader finds discussions of contemporary developments like "virtual visitors," the uses of electronic technology to extend the accessibility of collections beyond fixed walls. Motivated citizens can "freely rearrange their downloaded treasure to create 'collections' of their own design." Nor does Hein (emer., College of the Holy Cross) neglect the significance of the museum site in its effect on the response to collections. Her writing is frequently poetic, as when she explains that objects can "inspire the museal gaze which ignites the sense of presence." By emphasizing the impermanence of objects, she helps the reader focus on qualities of museums rarely considered elsewhere. Nine disappointingly reproduced black-and-white photographs. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals. Copyright 2007 American Library Association.
