{"product_id":"museum-skepticism-a-history-of-the-display-of-art-in-public-galleries-9780822336945","title":"Museum Skepticism: A History of the Display of Art in Public Galleries","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Museum Skepticism  art historian David Carrier traces the birth  evolution  and decline of the public art museum as an institution meant to spark democratic debate and discussion. Carrier contends that since the inception of the public art museum during the French Revolution  its development has depended on growth: on the expansion of collections  particularly to include works representing non-European cultures  and on the proliferation of art museums around the globe. Arguing that this expansionist project has peaked  he asserts that art museums must now find new ways of making high art relevant to contemporary lives. Ideas and inspiration may be found  he suggests  in mass entertainment such as popular music and movies. Carrier illuminates the public role of art museums by describing the ways they influence how art is seen: through their architecture  their collections  the narratives they offer museum visitors. He insists that an understanding of the art museum must take into account the roles of collectors  curators  and museum architects. Toward that end  he offers a series of case studies  showing how particular museums and their collections evolved. Among those who figure prominently are Baron Dominique Vivant Denon  the first director of the Louvre; Bernard Berenson  whose connoisseurship helped Isabella Stewart Gardner found her museum in Boston; Ernest Fenollosa  who assembled much of the Asian art collection now in the Museum of Fine Arts  Boston; Albert Barnes  the distinguished collector of modernist painting; and Richard Meier  architect of the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles. Carriers learned consideration of what the art museum is and has been provides the basis for understanding the radical transformation of its public role now under way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647890448437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0822336944","price":22.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780822336945.jpg?v=1781699112","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/museum-skepticism-a-history-of-the-display-of-art-in-public-galleries-9780822336945","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}