Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums (Re Visions: Critical Studies in the History & Theory of Art)

Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums (Re Visions: Critical Studies in the History & Theory of Art)

by Carol Duncan (Author)

Synopsis

Illustrated with over fifty photos, Civilizing Rituals merges contemporary debates with lively discussion and explores central issues involved in the making and displaying of art as industry and how it is presented to the community.

Carol Duncan looks at how nations, institutions and private individuals present art , and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and political determinants.

Civilizing Rituals is ideal reading for students of art history and museum studies, and professionals in the field will also find much of interest here.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 18 May 1995

ISBN 10: 0415070120
ISBN 13: 9780415070126

Media Reviews
Duncan balances her reading of the museum as economically motivated and culturally specific sign with a theoretically promising investigation of ritual and liminality in the gallery context.