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Museology & heritage studies

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 272 Colour. BIC Classification: AGC; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
PIE Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9784756243379
ISBN
9784756243379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 25.45

Hardcover. This children's book takes a tour through the Getty Museum, adjacent gardens, conservation laboratories and other sites at the Getty Center. It features the colourful, humorous characters Milli Ennium, Quincy and their cohorts. Illustrator(s): Seibold, J.otto. Num Pages: 32 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACB; GM; WTHM; YNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 305 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892364930
ISBN
9780892364930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816619894
ISBN
9780816619894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. An account of the changing attitudes to the way art is presented in the modern museum of art. It examines the relationship between the artist, the public and the curator, taking the reader into the artist's studio, and then on an international tour of museums, galleries and installations. Series: Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; GM; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 211 x 6. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500282168
ISBN
9780500282168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.92

Hardback. Editor(s): Cherry, Deborah. Num Pages: 186 pages, 94 black & white halftones, 7 colour illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FK; AMGD; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415739399
ISBN
9780415739399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.99

Paperback. * Examines the most important issues at the heart of contemporary debates in museum studies. * Includes original essays by noted artists, curators, and art historians. * Engages with vital issues in the practice of art-making and art-exhibiting. * Edited by the world-renowned art historian and author, Griselda Pollock. Editor(s): Pollock, Griselda; Zemans, Joyce. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49. BIC Classification: ABC; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405136280
ISBN
9781405136280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.20

Paperback. In the first book to take a "visitor's eye view" of the museum visit, Falk and Dierking present research findings to demonstrate people's motivations for visiting museums and how museum professionals can enhance their visitors' experiences. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611320275
ISBN
9781611320275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.83

Paperback. Taking 20th-century Papua New Guinea as its focus, this work charts the changes in colonial relationships as they were expressed through material culture. It analyzes the insights that museum collections can provide into social relations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 3JJ; GM; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781859734087
ISBN
9781859734087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.46

Paperback. The author shows how museum culture offers a unique vantage point on the 19th and 20th centuries' preoccupation with history and subjectivity, and demonstrates how the constitution of the aesthetic provides insight into the realms of technology, industrial culture, architecture, and ethics. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations facsimiles, port. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736046
ISBN
9780804736046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.59

Paperback. Cultural institutions must reimagine their roles as education facilities for their communities and address the public need for conversations in safe and fair places, thereby renewing their essential place in democratic society. This book explains how. Num Pages: 175 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; GM; JMRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781591587712
ISBN
9781591587712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 42.75

Paperback. What are the "right ways" to preserve heritage? Are the aims and purposes of museums necessarily at odds with those of First Nations? This thoughtful book explores the concept of museum conservation in light of cultural repatriation issues, and helps readers understand the complex relationship between museums and Aboriginal peoples. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 b&w illustrations, charts, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 1MBN; GM; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774808613
ISBN
9780774808613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.25

Hardback. "Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Fritsch, Juliette. Series: Routledge Research in Museum Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415885751
ISBN
9780415885751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.10

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays, considering the interiors of the modern era and their reconstructions from different viewpoints. Exploring themes and examples by prestigious architects, this book reveals the specific coding of presented interior spaces. Editor(s): Keeble, Trevor; Sparke, Penny; Martin, Brenda. Num Pages: 208 pages, 72 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GM; WJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415374705
ISBN
9780415374705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.30

Hardcover. Reconsidering the fossil speculation, the museum displays, and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness, this work takes us back to the birth of dinomania, the modern obsession with all things Jurassic. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; GM; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226074726
ISBN
9780226074726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.81
€ 75.55

Paperback. Examining various museums, this text argues that Americans built the institutions with the confidence that they could collect, organize, and display the sum of the world's knowledge. It discovers how they gave definition to different bodies of knowledge and how that knowledge was presented. Num Pages: 310 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBJK; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114934
ISBN
9780226114934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.73

Hardcover. For millions of people around the world, Tibet is a domain of undisturbed tradition, the Dalai Lama a spiritual guide. This book addresses the question of who has the right to represent Tibet in museums and beyond. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 colour plates, 50 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; AB; GM; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317472
ISBN
9780226317472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.81
€ 75.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Graff, Sarah; Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin; Leidy, Denise Patry; Leona, Marco; Mahon, Dorothy; Mertens, Joan R. Series: Metropolitan Museum Journal. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AGC; GBCY; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press Journals
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226438047
ISBN
9780226438047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.92

Paperback. In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Drawing on archives of visitors' books, letters, and pleas for patronage, this title reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 449 pages, 30 b&w reproductions, 1 map, 6 museum floor plans, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; GM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; P; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
449
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205086
ISBN
9780520205086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.35

Hardback. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602. Museums, Archaeology and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire. Series: Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S. 280 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520233355
ISBN
9780520233355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.59
€ 62.16

Paperback. Focusing on the era from Napoleon's conquest and the discovery of the Rosetta Stone to the outbreak of World War I, this book examines the evolution of Egyptian archaeology in the context of Western imperialism and nascent Egyptian nationalism. Num Pages: 424 pages, 46 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240698
ISBN
9780520240698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

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