Towards a new museum / Victoria Newhouse.

Main entry:

Newhouse, Victoria.

Title & Author:

Towards a new museum / Victoria Newhouse.

Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, 1998.

Description:

288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-281) and index.
Ch. 1. The Cabinet of Curiostities: An Update -- Ch. 2. The Museum as Sacred Space -- Ch. 3. The Monographic Museum -- Ch. 4. The Museum as Subject Matter: Artists' Museums and Their Alternative Spaces -- Ch. 5. Wings That Don't Fly (And Some That Do) -- Ch. 6. The Museum as Entertainment -- Ch. 7. The Museum as Environmental Art.

Summary:

An investigation of how an art museum's architecture factors into the museum's aesthetic, educational and financial success.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1885254601
9781885254603

Subject:

Art museum architecture.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Art Musées Architecture.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture des musées d'art.
Architecture, Modern.
Museumsbau
Museumgebouwen.
Art museum architecture 20th century.
Musées Architecture.
Museos de arte Edificios.
Museos Edificios.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 196486
Call No.: ID NA6695.N49 1998; ID:97-B945
Status: Available

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