A profusely illustrated survey of the role of contemporary artists and their work in museum presentation and display. "Artists today treat museums as filled not with dead art, but with living artistic options."Arthur Danto, "After the End of Art" Here is the first extensive survey of one of the most importantand intriguingthemes in art today: the often obsessive relationship between the artist and the museum. This is a relationship with a long history, whose full significance has been realized in the activities of artists in recent decades. From early instances of the urge to collect exotic objects, the "cabinet of curiosities," to assemblages of found objects and imitations of museum displays, artists have often turned their attention to the ideas and systems traditionally embodied in the museumdisplay, archiving, classification, storage, curatorshipwhich they have then appropriated, mimicked, and interpreted in their own ways. Citing a wide range of examples, from Marcel Duchamp's "Portable Museum" to Damien Hirst's distinctive use of vitrines, James Putnam examines the themes by which the artist/museum relationship is defined and redefined. He shows not only the ways in which artists have been influenced by museum systems and made their works into simulations of the museum, but also how they have questioned the role of museums, observed their practices, intervened in them, and helped to redefine them. This is a subject around whichdirectly and indirectlycontemporary art dialogue revolves. Without rival, this is one of those rare books that will become essential reading for everyone interested in the development of art and its presentation to the public in museum displays and installations. 280 illustrations, 227 in color.

Art and Artifact: The Museum as Medium

Arts & Photography

Putnam, James

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

“Fascinating examination of the museum’s unconventional role in contemporary art....Highly recommended.”―Library Journal This book examines one of the most important and intriguing themes in art today: the often obsessive relationship between artist and museum. From Marcel Duchamp’s “Portable Museum” (Boîte en valise) of the early 1940s to Damien Hirst’s distinctive use of vitrine displays in the 1990s, the artists of the past seventy years have often turned their attention―both creatively and critically―to a reappraisal of the ideas and systems of classification traditionally associated with curatorship and display. The works included here, accompanied by quotations from the writings of individual artists, offer a wide-ranging coverage of projects by established and emerging figures alike, including Christian Boltanski, Sophie Calle, Tracey Emin, Hans Haacke, Donald Judd, Olafur Eliasson, and Takashi Murakami. The book has been updated to include recent projects that make use of grand architectural spaces within the museum, as well as those that explore off-site locations and the internet. 239 color, 51 b&amp;w illustrations

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Discusses the history of Egyptian studies and introduces the pyramids, pharoahs, gods, mummies, everyday life, the role of the Nile River, hieroglyphics, and Egyptian influences in the arts

Egyptology: An Introduction to the History, Art, and Culture of Ancient Egypt

Crescent

Photographed in full color. Unwrap hair-raising facts about natural and man-made mummies! Here is a look at how bodies were prepared, why ancient cultures made mummies, and how bog and ice mummies were preserved by freak climatic conditions.

Mummy

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Pyramid

Illus. with full-color photos. Unlock the secrets to the mysterious monuments of the ancient world--from Egyptian pyramids, built before the invention of the wheel, to amazing Aztec and Maya edifices.

History

Photographed in full color. Unwrap hair-raising facts about natural and man-made mummies! Here is a look at how bodies were prepared, why ancient cultures made mummies, and how bog and ice mummies were preserved by freak climatic conditions. "A great collection of mummy information and specimens."--School Library Journal.

This is a detailed and thoroughly-researched pop-up book that brings the art and monuments of ancient Egypt to life.

Ancient Egypt Pop-Up Book /anglais

BRITISH MUSEUM

Egyptian News (History News)

Steedman, Scott

WALKER BOOKS LTD.

"Eyewitness Guides" are best-selling, high-quality visual information books. This title is a valuable resource to students whether they need to know about ancient burial chambers or how workers lifted stones weighing up to 15 tonnes without complicated machinery.

Ancient Civilizations

Dorling Kindersley Child's P/B

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Art and Artifact: The Museum as Medium

Art and Artifact: The Museum as Medium

Egyptology: An Introduction to the History, Art, and Culture of Ancient Egypt

Mummy

Pyramid

Mummy

Pyramid

Ancient Egypt Pop-Up Book /anglais

Egyptian News (History News)

Pyramid