Museum Architecture : a New Biography.

Museum Architecture : a New Biography.

Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of museum building around the world and the subsequent publication of multiple texts dedicated to the subject. Museum Architecture: A new biography focuses on the stories we tell of museum buildings in order to explore the nature of museum architecture and...

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Main Author: MacLeod, Suzanne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Museum architecture - Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Architecture, museums and museum studies; Scope of the research; 1. Telling stories of museum architecture; Architecture and language: systems of difference; Telling stories of museum architecture; Surveying the iconic: architecture as stylistic development; Museums as an apparatus of the State: architecture as technology; The battle between art and architecture: architecture as function
  • From the iconic to the particular and the special to the everyday: lives of (and in) museum buildingsRe-thinking architecture: the turn to the social and human bodies; The built environment as a social and cultural production; Architecture as a product of use; Architecture as active in the making of human consciousness and identity; Significant lives: historical fragments of architectural production; Biography and storytelling: significant lives; 2. 'Hobson's choice': art and grog in Liverpool; Uncultured and uncivilised: public perceptions of Liverpool
  • Hugh Scrutton 1952-1970: the birth of the modern profession, standardisation and art'Standard for any art gallery': collection care, storage and documentation; Acquisition and increasing state support for art in the regions; Art exhibitions: commanding a national stage; Research, scholarship and publication; Piecemeal architectural change; Art (and architecture) in a city; 'We weren't in the business of saving the Walker': the abolition of the Metropolitan County Councils and nationalisation, 1983-1986; Conclusion; 6. The social architecture of museums; The social architecture of museums
  • Liverpool's leading men: towards the design of a Gallery of ArtSanitising the city: the role of architecture and culture; The McDougall Cartoons: scandal, outrage and censure; The opening ceremony: pomp, celebrations and protest; Conclusion; 3. 'It is, of course, very easy to make merry over the Alderman in Art': the 1930s extension and renovation; Social change, economic uncertainty and popular culture; Protest and dissent: perceptions of the Walker Art Gallery by 1921; A new professionalism; Reshaping the Walker Art Gallery: a committee, a city and the profession
  • New scientific approaches to lighting picture galleriesThe new Walker Art Gallery; Conclusion; 4. Ration cards, food hordes and art: occupation by friendly forces and the battle for liberation 1939-1951; A building transformed through use; Night time defenders of the Walker Art Gallery; An arts programme for wartime Liverpool; The battle for control of the Walker Art Gallery; Rebuilding; Conclusion: celebrations, openings and accolades; 5. Art (and architecture) in a city: ambition, illusion and revolution; Introduction

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