Exhibiting Contradiction: Essays on the Art Museum in the United States (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781558491182)

In Exhibiting Contradiction, a leading scholar considers the way art museums have depicted--and continue to depict--American society and the American past. In closely focused and often controversial essays, Alan Wallach explores the opposing ideologies that drove the development of the American art museum in the nineteenth century and the tensions and contradictions characteristic of recent museum history.

Author: Alan Wallach
ISBN-10: 155849118X
ISBN-13: 9781558491182
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Language: English
Published: 02/24/1998
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.25h x 5.99w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/1999 pg. 43 - Recommended/Special Interest