Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums (Re Visions: Critical Studies in the History and Theory of Art)
by Carol Duncan
Carol Duncan examines public art museums through the lenses of ritual, civilization, and cultural authority. Connecting museum practices with the history and theory of art, Civilizing Rituals offers a critical study of how these institutions shape public encounters with art and organize cultural experience.
About This Book
Civilizing Rituals examines public art museums as important cultural institutions.
Carol Duncan explores the rituals and practices through which museums organize encounters with art and shape public experience.
The book places museum culture within broader questions of civilization, authority, history, and the theory of art.
Part of the Re Visions series, this work offers a critical perspective on the role and meaning of public museums.
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