Spectacle and DisplayISBN: 978-1-4051-7524-1
Paperback
200 pages
May 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- An authoritative analysis on the way that art and the visual
are displayed and presented
- Includes contributions from leading international scholars as
well as younger researchers
- Addresses issues such as museum display, collecting, the
creation of visual spectacles, institutional histories, curatorial
strategies, cultural exclusion and definitions of heritage
- Explores a variety of cultural contexts and historical
periods
- A benchmark collection addressing specific displays and notable objects alongside the politics of spectacle and questions of audience