Carrier, David,  1944- <br/><br/>
Museum skepticism :  a history of the display of art in public galleries / 
David Carrier. 
 - xiii, 313 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-304) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. "Beauty and art, history and fame and power" : on entering the Louvre -- 2. Art and power : time travel in the museum -- 3. Museum skeptics -- 4. Picturing museum skepticism -- 5. Art museum narratives -- 6. Isabella Stewart Gardner's museum -- 7. Ernest Fenollosa's history of Asian art -- 8. Albert Barnes's foundation and the place of modernist art within the art museum -- 9. The display of absolutely contemporary art in the J. Paul Getty museum -- 10. The end of the modern public art museum : a tale of two cities -- Conclusion : What the public art museum might become 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0822336820 9780822336822 0822336944 9780822336945 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005031585 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art museums--Social aspects<br/>Art museums--Philosophy<br/>Art--Exhibition techniques
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N430  / .C37 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>708.009