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Academies, Museums and Canons of Art (Art and Its Histories Series)
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by Gill Perry and Colin Cunningham
Sales Rank: 900282
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
Published by: Yale University Press January 11, 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0300077432
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0300077438
Book Dimensions:
10.1 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 1.7 pounds
Book Description
This lavishly illustrated book looks at the variety of ways in which works of art have achieved a position in the so-called canon of Western art. Focusing on a series of case studies of art and institutions in Britain and France from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, the book explores the construction and evolution of canonical values.
This is the first of six volumes in the series Art and Its Histories, created to accompany the Open University course by the same title.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Reader Reviews
Honestly, I picked up this book because of gorgeous reproductions. And because it focuses on English institutions and art--not my strongest suite. But each chapter not only refreshed my basic knowledge of art history but reminded and educated me of the many factors that play into the shaping of the discipline, from royal schools to government decrees. Most interesting was the way the authors researched how museum collections are formed by not only taste and education but also politics and monetary factors. These should be obvious, but sometimes the cleaness of an exhibition wipes away the history of why an artwork was chosen, why it is displayed in a certain manner, and why a museum may, or may not, promote their collections.
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