Main entry:

Holo, Selma, author.

Title & Author:

Beyond the Prado : museums and identity in democratic Spain / Selma Reuben Holo.

Publication:

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1999]
©1999

Description:

xiv, 222 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index.
Preface: Why Spain? Why Spanish Museums? Why Now? -- Introduction: Center versus Regions and the Historical Struggle for Cultural and Political Identity -- The Long Arm of the Center -- Inside Madrid -- Outside Madrid: The Sephardic Museum in Toledo -- Military and Ecclesiastical Museums inside and outside Madrid -- Progressive Private Foundations Legitimized by the State -- The Power of the Regions -- Seeking Balance with the Center -- Negating the Center in Bilbao -- A Nation within a Nation: Catalonia -- Visions and Revisions in Andalusia.

Summary:

"When Francisco Franco's long dictatorship of Spain ended with his death in 1975, the transitional government set out to create a democracy that celebrated rather than suppressed regional and ethnic diversity."--Jacket.
"In Beyond the Prado, Selma Reuben Holo argues that Spanish state and regional leaders consciously used the power of museums to foster democratic identity in the country's citizens. In case studies such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Sephardic Museum in Toledo, and IVAM, the modern and contemporary art museum in Valencia, she tells how museums and their exhibitions have touched off vigorous debates around such issues as Basque autonomy, the relationship of art museums and politics, Catalan identity, and the opposing pull of local and global cultures.
Holo chronicles how neglect of the Prado and government acquisition of the renowned Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection have affected Spain's public image and describes the controversies surrounding Picasso's Guernica."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

1560989254 (alk. paper)
9781560989257 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Heimatmuseum Amöneburg
Museums Spain History 20th century.
Museums Political aspects Spain.
Politics and culture Spain.
Democracy Spain History 20th century.
National characteristics, Spanish.
Musées Espagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Musées Aspect politique Espagne.
Politique et culture Espagne.
Démocratie Espagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Espagnols.
Civilization.
Democracy.
Museums.
Museums Political aspects.
Politics and culture.
Museumspolitik
Politique culturelle Espagne 1970-.
Art et politique Espagne 20e siècle.
Musées Politique publique Espagne.
Politique et culture Espagne 1970-2000.
Régionalisme Espagne.
Spain Civilization 20th century.
Espagne Civilisation 20e siècle.
Spain.
Spanien

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Museums and identity in democratic Spain

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207805
Call No.: AM65.A2 H65 1999
Status: Available