{"product_id":"art-and-its-publics-museum-studies-at-the-millennium-paperback-softback-9780631230472","title":"Art and Its Publics; Museum Studies at the Millennium (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631230472","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArt and Its Publics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMuseum Studies at the Millennium\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew McClellan (Edited by), A McClellan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631230472, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 March 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book deserves a place on the museum-studies reading list and on the bookshelf of anyone seriously interested in the cultural place of museums today. Its lucid, observant essays take an informed look at a now ubiquitous institution, offering new points of view about the nature of the museum experience. \u003ci\u003eArt and its Publics\u003c\/i\u003e provides a welcome corrective to the presumption that art museums are monolithic institutions that narrowly control the perceptions and discussions of their visitors.\" \u003ci\u003eDiana Strazdes, University of California, Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eArt and its Publics\u003c\/i\u003e launches a much-needed exploration of art's audiences beginning with McClellan's ‘A Brief History of the Art Museum Public,’ an essay which is well worth the book's price alone.\" \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Abt, Wayne State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A stimulating and provocative review of the range of diverse exhibition strategies used by art museum curators as they endeavor to engage multiple audiences in different aspects of art.\" \u003ci\u003eEilean Hooper-Greenhill, University of Leicester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBringing together essays by museum professionals and academics from both sides of the Atlantic, \u003ci\u003eArt and its Publics\u003c\/i\u003e tackles current issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice around the most pressing of contemporary concerns.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together essays that focus on the interface between the art object, its site of display, and the viewing public.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTackles issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a cross-section of contemporary concerns with contributions from museum professionals as well as academics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePart of the New Interventions in Art History series, published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor's Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. A Brief History of the Art Museum Public: Andrew McClellan (Tufts University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Having One’s Tate and Eating It: Transformations of the Museum in a Hypermodern Era: Nick Prior (University of Edinburgh).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Museums: Theory, Practice and Illusion: Danielle Rice (Philadelphia Museum of Art).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eNorman Rockwell\u003c\/i\u003e at the Guggenheim: Alan Wallach (College of William and Mary).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Return to Curiosity: Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Museum Display: Stephen Bann (Bristol University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Museum Sight: Anne Higonnet (Wellesley College).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Sacred to Profane and Back Again: Ivan Gaskell (Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. From Theory to Practice: Exhibiting African Art in the Twenty-first Century: Christa Clarke (Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Reframing Public Art: Audience Use, Interpretation, and Appreciation: Harriet F. Senie (CUNY).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Art%20treatments%20\u0026amp;%20subjects%20%5BAG%5D%22\"\u003eAG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173737263384,"sku":"9780631230472","price":32.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631230472.jpg?v=1781169272","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/art-and-its-publics-museum-studies-at-the-millennium-paperback-softback-9780631230472","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}