ilość książek w kategorii: 1073
The Smithsonian: America's Treasure House
ISBN: 9781590774724 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the Smithsonian Institution has grown to be over a hundred years old, no full length account of its various collections and fascinating activities had ever been written before Mr. True put them down here in 1950. Founded through a generous bequest by a lonely Englishman who had never visited this country, The Smithsonian, often identified with its headquarters in the quaint Norman castle on the Mall in Washington D.C., also includes the United States National Museum now called the National Museum of Natural History with its collection of natural history and American historical...
Although the Smithsonian Institution has grown to be over a hundred years old, no full length account of its various collections and fascinating activ...
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81,85 zł |
The People's Galleries: Art Museums and Exhibitions in Britain, 1800-1914
ISBN: 9780300209846 / Angielski / Twarda / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This innovative history of British art museums begins in the early 19th century. The National Gallery and the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) in London may have been at the center of activity, but museums in cities such as Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and Nottingham were immensely popular and attracted enthusiastic audiences. The People's Galleries traces the rise of art museums in Britain through World War I, focusing on the phenomenon of municipal galleries. This richly illustrated book argues that these regional museums represented a new type...
This innovative history of British art museums begins in the early 19th century. The National Gallery and the South Kensington Museum (now the Victori...
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245,70 zł |
Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums
ISBN: 9780759124158 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing public interest in environmental sustainability is a gift to historic sites and museums. It is an invitation to use our knowledge, collections, and sites to discuss how human practices and interactions with the environment in past were and were not environmentally sustainable. Being green still has a great deal to do with using less energy, buying less stuff, and recycling more, but now sustainability just as important in strategic planning, interpretation and public engagement. Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums details how to go green at every level of your...
Growing public interest in environmental sustainability is a gift to historic sites and museums. It is an invitation to use our knowledge, collections...
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480,48 zł |
Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums
ISBN: 9780759124431 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing public interest in environmental sustainability is a gift to historic sites and museums. It is an invitation to use our knowledge, collections, and sites to discuss how human practices and interactions with the environment in past were and were not environmentally sustainable. Being green still has a great deal to do with using less energy, buying less stuff, and recycling more, but now sustainability just as important in strategic planning, interpretation and public engagement. Environmental Sustainability at Historic Sites and Museums details how to go green at every level of your...
Growing public interest in environmental sustainability is a gift to historic sites and museums. It is an invitation to use our knowledge, collections...
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191,10 zł |
Global Heritage: A Reader
ISBN: 9781118768860 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of heritage research and practice, and the underlying international politics of protecting cultural and natural resources around the globe.
Examines the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of heritage research and practice, and the underlying international politics of protecting cultur...
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491,13 zł |
Photographs, Museums, Collections: Between Art and Information
ISBN: 9781472524928 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The status of photographs in the history of museum collections is a complex one. From its very beginnings the double capacity of photography - as a tool for making a visual record on the one hand and an aesthetic form in its own right on the other - has created tensions about its place in the hierarchy of museum objects. While major collections of 'art' photography have grown in status and visibility, photographs not designated 'art' are often invisible in museums. Yet almost every museum has photographs as part of its ecosystem, gathered as information, corroboration or documentation,... The status of photographs in the history of museum collections is a complex one. From its very beginnings the double capacity of photography - as a... |
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518,70 zł |
Fundraising for Museums: 8 Keys to Success Every Museum Leader Should Know
ISBN: 9781938077760 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Being a head of a museum is both challenging and rewarding work. Museum leaders and those who aspire to the role are expected to engage donors and members, and raise money effectively; yet, most have received little or no training or support in advancement. In Fundraising for Museums: 8 Keys to Success Every Museum Leader Should Know, veteran fundraising consultant Linda Wise McNay demystifies fundraising for museum leaders. This innovative book will guide museum leaders on: How museum leaders should manage their time in every stage of their fundraising and stewardship efforts The... Being a head of a museum is both challenging and rewarding work. Museum leaders and those who aspire to the role are expected to engage donors and ... |
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181,90 zł |
Interpreting the Art Museum
ISBN: 9781910144664 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The successful interpretation of art collections can be both challenging and contentious. How to avoid damaging the relationship between viewer and art work? How to tackle esoteric, complex or controversial themes? How to present the "meaning" of a work? How to involve audiences for whom looking at art is an entirely new experience? As galleries search for ever-greater access, inclusion and engagement, in Interpreting the Art Museum experienced museum professionals share some of today's most successful initiatives in art interpretation. Through thought-provoking essays and illustrated case...
The successful interpretation of art collections can be both challenging and contentious. How to avoid damaging the relationship between viewer and ar...
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432,57 zł |
The Artist's Estate : A Handbook for Artists, Executors, and Heirs
ISBN: 9783775741330 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Andy Warhol memorably said that -death can really make you look like a star, - but death in itself is not a guarantee of the relevance of an artist. What is of crucial importance is the proper management structure for the posthumous preservation and development of an artist's estate. The Artist Estate, a handbook written by Loretta Wurtenberger, presents the possible legal frameworks and appropriate financing models available in this situation, as well as the proper handling of interest from the market, museums and academia. Wurtenberger's business, Fine Art Partners, has advised...
Andy Warhol memorably said that -death can really make you look like a star, - but death in itself is not a guarantee of the relevance of an artist. W...
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153,15 zł |
Art Law: A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Art Educators
ISBN: 9781442263154 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between the countless works of art in the world and numerous laws on their care, the task of deciphering correct procedure can seem daunting. In Art Law: A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Art Educators, Michael E. Jones breaks down the legal language into a concise tool for all those involved in the art world. While most art law books are written for law students or museum directors, trustees, and curators, Jones book appeals to a far larger audience, particularly undergraduate and graduate students studying art, graphic design, photography, museum studies, art education and art...
Between the countless works of art in the world and numerous laws on their care, the task of deciphering correct procedure can seem daunting. In Art L...
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382,70 zł |
About Antiquities: Politics of Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire
ISBN: 9781477310618 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Antiquities have been pawns in empire-building and global rivalries; power struggles; assertions of national and cultural identities; and cross-cultural exchanges, cooperation, abuses, and misunderstandings--all with the underlying element of financial gain. Indeed, "who owns antiquity?" is a contentious question in many of today's international conflicts. About Antiquities offers an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between archaeology and empire-building around the turn of the twentieth century. Starting at Istanbul and focusing on antiquities from the Ottoman... Antiquities have been pawns in empire-building and global rivalries; power struggles; assertions of national and cultural identities; and cross-cul... |
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124,44 zł |
Collecting, Ordering, Governing: Anthropology, Museums, and Liberal Government
ISBN: 9780822362531 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The coauthors of this theoretically innovative work explore the relationships among anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and social governance in the early twentieth century in Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, and the United States. With case studies ranging from the Musee de l'Homme's 1930s fieldwork missions in French Indo-China to the influence of Franz Boas's culture concept on the development of American museums, the authors illuminate recent debates about postwar forms of multicultural governance, cultural conceptions of difference, and postcolonial policy...
The coauthors of this theoretically innovative work explore the relationships among anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and soci...
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461,64 zł |
Collecting, Ordering, Governing: Anthropology, Museums, and Liberal Government
ISBN: 9780822362685 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The coauthors of this theoretically innovative work explore the relationships among anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and social governance in the early twentieth century in Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, and the United States. With case studies ranging from the Musee de l'Homme's 1930s fieldwork missions in French Indo-China to the influence of Franz Boas's culture concept on the development of American museums, the authors illuminate recent debates about postwar forms of multicultural governance, cultural conceptions of difference, and postcolonial policy...
The coauthors of this theoretically innovative work explore the relationships among anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and soci...
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124,44 zł |
100 Secrets of the Art World: Everything you always wanted to know about the arts but were afraid to ask
ISBN: 9783863359614 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What do major artists consider their best-kept secret? What is regarded as confidential knowledge among the key players of the global art market? In 100 Secrets of the Art World, the most powerful international individuals share their insights.
Edited by Thomas Girst and Magnus Resch (author of the bestselling Management of Art Galleries), this indispensable and fun guide to contemporary art contains exclusive anecdotes, advice and personal stories from artists, museum directors, gallerists, auction house insiders, collectors and many more. Contributors include Jeff Koons,... What do major artists consider their best-kept secret? What is regarded as confidential knowledge among the key players of the global art market? In <...
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40,30 zł |
Mobile Apps for Museums: The Aam Guide to Planning and Strategy
ISBN: 9781933253602 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mobile is changing the way museums do business-whether they are aware of it or not. As 'the people formerly known as the 'audience' increasingly expect information and experiences on demand, whenever and wherever they are, the market is growing for mobile products and services for and about museums. With today's new networked mobile devices--smartphones, tablet computers and Wi-Fi-enabled media players--two-way communication models are now easier and on the rise. And as the rise of mobile, and mobile apps specifically, reshapes the museum's thinking about its digital interfaces, it broadens...
Mobile is changing the way museums do business-whether they are aware of it or not. As 'the people formerly known as the 'audience' increasingly expec...
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202,02 zł |
Interpreting American Jewish History at Museums and Historic Sites
ISBN: 9781442264342 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jews are part and parcel of American history. From colonial port cities to frontier outposts, from commercial and manufacturing centers to rural villages, and from metropolitan regions to constructed communities, Jews are found everywhere and throughout four centuries of American history. From the early 17th century to the present, the story of American Jews has been one of immigration, adjustment, and accomplishment, sometimes in the face of prejudice and discrimination. This, then, is a narrative of minority-majority relations, of evolving norms and traditions, of ongoing conversations...
Jews are part and parcel of American history. From colonial port cities to frontier outposts, from commercial and manufacturing centers to rural villa...
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458,64 zł |
Interpreting American Jewish History at Museums and Historic Sites
ISBN: 9781442264359 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jews are part and parcel of American history. From colonial port cities to frontier outposts, from commercial and manufacturing centers to rural villages, and from metropolitan regions to constructed communities, Jews are found everywhere and throughout four centuries of American history. From the early 17th century to the present, the story of American Jews has been one of immigration, adjustment, and accomplishment, sometimes in the face of prejudice and discrimination. This, then, is a narrative of minority-majority relations, of evolving norms and traditions, of ongoing conversations...
Jews are part and parcel of American history. From colonial port cities to frontier outposts, from commercial and manufacturing centers to rural villa...
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207,48 zł |
Art and the Global Economy
ISBN: 9780520291539 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Art and the Global Economy analyzes major changes in the global art world that have emerged in the last twenty years including structural shifts in the global art market; the proliferation of international art fairs, biennials and blockbuster exhibitions; and the internationalization of the scope of contemporary art. John Zarobell explores the economic and social transformations in the cultural sphere, the results of greater access to information about art, exhibitions, and markets around the world, as well as the increasing interpenetration of formerly distinct geographical domains....
Art and the Global Economy analyzes major changes in the global art world that have emerged in the last twenty years including structural shift...
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136,50 zł |
Art and the Global Economy
ISBN: 9780520291522 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Art and the Global Economy analyzes major changes in the global art world that have emerged in the last twenty years including structural shifts in the global art market; the proliferation of international art fairs, biennials and blockbuster exhibitions; and the internationalization of the scope of contemporary art. John Zarobell explores the economic and social transformations in the cultural sphere, the results of greater access to information about art, exhibitions, and markets around the world, as well as the increasing interpenetration of formerly distinct geographical domains....
Art and the Global Economy analyzes major changes in the global art world that have emerged in the last twenty years including structural shift...
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583,05 zł |
The Authorship, Authentication and Falsification of Artworks
ISBN: 9788434313620 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Accurately determining the authorship and originality of artistic works is critical to the functioning of the art market, and is an important element for viewers trying to enjoy and understand a work of art. Authentication is one of the most important tasks falling upon art institutions and the people that work at them: artists' foundations, museums, public administrations, academics, gallery owners and art collectors are all involved. But of course authentication remains a tricky business.
This book, derived from an international seminar organized by the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation,... Accurately determining the authorship and originality of artistic works is critical to the functioning of the art market, and is an important element ...
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151,78 zł |