Under Discussion - The Encyclopedic Museum
$117.83
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2021
Summary
In almost thirty interviews, Donatien Grau probes some of the world’s most prominent thinkers and preeminent arts leaders on the past, present, and future of the encyclopedic museum.
Over the last two decades, the encyclopedic museum has been criticized and praised, constantly discussed, and often in the news. Encyclopedic museums are a phenomenon of Europe and the United States, and their locations and mostly Eurocentric collections have in more recent years drawn attention to what m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781606067192 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1606067192 |
| Author: | Donatien Grau |
| Publisher: | Getty Trust Publications |
| Imprint: | Getty Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 150mm x 250mm |
| Series: | Getty Publications - (Yale) |
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Critics Review
“This collection will interest those researching museum studies, nationalism, national identity, provenance, and repatriation.”
“An interesting opportunity to listen in on the thinking of prominent figures in the field, Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum offers a birds-eye view of their renegotiation of a legacy of the European Enlightenment to serve twenty-first-century populations across the globe.”–Bernard Zirnheld “La Gazette Drouot” (5/10/2021 12:00:00 AM)
Donatien Grau
Donatien Grau is a scholar and author. He currently serves as head of contemporary programs at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and as chair of the Association Pierre Guyotat.
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