Beyond the Prado. Museums and Identity in Democratic Spain. - HOLO, SELMA REUBEN
Museums and Identity in Democratic Spain
KORTE INHOUD
When Francisco Franco’s long dictatorship of Spain ended with his death in 1975, the transitional government set out to create a democracy that celebrated rather than suppressed regional and ethnic diversity. Its success is often described as ‘the Spanish miracle’. The new leadership committed itself to developing institutions that respected and represented Spain’s many cultures and traditions. In Beyond the Prado, Selma Reuben Holo argues that Spanish state and regional leaders consciously used the power of museums to foster democratic identity in the country’s citizens. In case studies such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Sephardic Museum in Toledo, and IVAM, the modern contemporary art Museum in Valencia, Holo tells how museums and their exhibitions have touched off vigorous debates around such issues as Basque autonomy, the relationship of art museums and politics, Catalan identity, and the opposing pull of local and global cultures. Holo chronicles how neglect of the Prado and government acquisition...
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2000Uitgever: Liverpool University Press236 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 085323535XISBN-13: 9780853235354Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's gray cloth spine, gray paper covered boards, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: 222pp., illustrations, conclusion, notes, index. Fine copy. Liverpool, University Press. 2000 [Auteur: HOLO, SELMA REUBEN] [Jaar: 2000] [Titel: Museums and Identity in Democratic Spain. Beyond the Prado.]
Original publisher's gray cloth spiner, gray paper covered boards, silver title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: xvi, 222pp., illustrated, conclusion, notes, index. Very fine copy. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press. 2000 [Auteur: HOLO, SELMA REUBEN] [Jaar: 2000] [Titel: Beyond the Prado. Museums and Identity in Democratic Spain.]
