Author: Irina Vladimirovna LinnikPublisher:
ISBN: 9785730004405
Category : Art museums
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Old Master Paintings in Soviet Museums
Author: Irina Vladimirovna LinnikPublisher:
ISBN: 9785730004405
Category : Art museums
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Masters of World Painting in the Museums of the Soviet Union
Author: E. MARCHENKOThe National union catalog, 1968-1972
Author: Masters of World Painting in the Museums of the Soviet Union
Author: E. MarchenkoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780846406174
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Soviet Life
Author: Western Intellectuals and the Soviet Union, 1920-40
Author: Ludmila SternPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134238673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Despite the appalling record of the Soviet Union on human rights questions, many western intellectuals with otherwise impeccable liberal credentials were strong supporters the Soviet Union in the interwar period. This book explores how this seemingly impossible situation came about. Focusing in particular on the work of various official and semi-official bodies, including Comintern, the International Association of Revolutionary Writers, the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and the Foreign Commission of the Soviet Writers' Union, this book shows how cultural propaganda was always a high priority for the Soviet Union, and how successful this cultural propaganda was in seducing so many Western thinkers.
Museums in Motion
Author: Edward P. AlexanderPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442278811
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Here is a complete introduction to the history of museums, types of museums, and the key roles that museums play in the twenty-first century. Following an introductory chapter looking at what a museum is today, Part I looks at the history and types of museums: art and design museums natural history and anthropology museums science museums history museums, historic houses, interpretation centers, and heritage sites botanical gardens and zoos children’s museums The second part of the book explores the primary functions of museums and museum professionals: to collect to conserve to exhibit to interpret and to engage to serve and to act The final chapter looks at the museum profession and professional practices. Throughout, emphasis is on museums in the United States, although attention is paid to the historical framing of museums within the European context. The new edition includes discussions of technology, access, and inclusivity woven into each chapter, a list of challenges and opportunities in each chapter, and “Museums in Motion Today,” vignettes spread throughout the volume in which museum professionals provide their perspectives on where museums are now and where they are going. More than 140 images illustrate the volume.
Museums in Motion
Author: Edward Porter AlexanderPublisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759105096
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In 1979, Edward P. Alexander's Museums in Motion was hailed as a much-needed addition to the museum literature. In combining the history of museums since the eighteenth century with a detailed examination of the function of museums and museum workers in modern society, it served as an essential resource for those seeking to enter to the museum profession and for established professionals looking for an expanded understanding of their own discipline. Now, Mary Alexander has produced a newly revised edition of the classic text, bringing it the twenty-first century with coverage of emerging trends, resources, and challenges. New material also includes a discussion of the children's museum as a distinct type of institution and an exploration of the role computers play in both outreach and traditional in-person visits.
National Galleries
Author: Simon KnellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317432428
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Are national galleries different from other kinds of art gallery or museum? What value is there for the nation in a collection of international masterpieces? How are national galleries involved in the construction national art? National Galleries is the first book to undertake a panoramic view of a type of national institution – which are sometimes called national museums of fine art – that is now found in almost every nation on earth. Adopting a richly illustrated, globally inclusive, comparative view, Simon Knell argues that national galleries should not be understood as ‘great galleries’ but as peculiar sites where art is made to perform in acts of nation building. A book that fundamentally rewrites the history of these institutions and encourages the reader to dispense with elitist views of their worth, Knell reveals an unseen geography and a rich complexity of performance. He considers the ways the national galleries entangle art and nation, and the differing trajectories and purposes of international and national art. Exploring galleries, artists and artworks from around the world, National Galleries is an argument about how we think about and study these institutions. Privileging the situatedness of each national gallery performance, and valuing localism over universalism, Knell looks particularly at how national art is constructed and represented. He ends with examples that show the mutability of national art and by questioning the necessity of art nationalism.