The museum as experience : an email odyssey through artists' and collectors' museum /

The first general study of museums created by artists and/or collectors, 'The Museum as Experience' provides fifteen case studies ranging from the turn of 1800 to the present and distributed across the globe. New in form and content, it is written as a correspondence and illustrated with m...

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Main Authors: Gamboni, Dario (Author), Gamboni, Libero (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2019]
Series:Museums and ideas ; vol. I
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Summary:The first general study of museums created by artists and/or collectors, 'The Museum as Experience' provides fifteen case studies ranging from the turn of 1800 to the present and distributed across the globe. New in form and content, it is written as a correspondence and illustrated with many unpublished documents. Focusing on museums preserving their original installation, it analyses display as a form of expression and raises key issues about the history, geography, anthropology, and aesthetics of art museums at large.
Physical Description:404 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9782503583518
2503583512