Museum of French Monuments 1795-1816 - ''Killing Art to Make History''

Zusatztext '... this is a splendid work: not merely a thorough case study of a pioneering institution! but a valuable contribution to a wider debate - which continues to the present day - about the collection and display of art! and how we understand the past through its material remains.' Church Monuments '[Stara's] articulate and thoughtful book provides a welcome contribution to the study of a remarkably rich subject and makes available a detailed review of sources! images and ideas.' French History Informationen zum Autor Alexandra Stara is Reader in the History and Theory of Architecture at Kingston University! London! UK. Klappentext The first volume in two centuries on Alexandre Lenoir's Museum of French Monuments in Paris! this study presents a comprehensive picture of a seminal project of French Revolutionary cultural policy! one crucial to the development of the modern museum institution. Zusammenfassung The first volume in two centuries on Alexandre Lenoir's Museum of French Monuments in Paris, this study presents a comprehensive picture of a seminal project of French Revolutionary cultural policy, one crucial to the development of the modern museum institution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; Introduction; A history; A visit; In search of order; Opposition; The inevitability of the museum; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Stara, Stara Alexandra
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2013
• EAN: 9781409437994
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-3799-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 255 mm x 16 mm
• Series: The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950; The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; France, ART / History / General, ART / Museum Studies, ART / European, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History of art / art & design styles, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections