Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations

Weil, Stephen E.

ISBN 10: 0874749530 / ISBN 13: 9780874749533

Edité par Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1990

N° de réf. du vendeur 0874749530-2-35445232

Synopsis :

In these 19 insightful and frequently witty meditations, Stephen E. Weil examines the purposes and functions of the museum in the late 20th century, proposing museums make encounters with a variety of visitors more central to their operation.

À propos de l?auteur: Stephen Weil was Deputy Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. He served as Adminstrator of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (1967-1974) and is a member of the New York bar. He was coauthor of the award-winning treatise Art Law and author of the widely acclaimed Beauty and the Beasts (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983).

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations
Éditeur : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Date d'édition : 1990
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Very Good