Spectacle and DisplayISBN: 978-1-4051-7524-1
Paperback
200 pages
May 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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Leading international scholars and younger researchers address
issues such as museum display, collecting, the creation of visual
spectacles, institutional histories, curatorial strategies,
cultural exclusion and definitions of heritage.
- An authoritative analysis on the way that art and the visual are displayed and presented
- 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