Museum, gallery, and cultural architecture in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Region : essay...
Museum, gallery, and cultural architecture in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Region : essay...
Museum, gallery, and cultural architecture in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Region : essays in Antipodean identity / edited by Michael J. Ostwald and Steven Fleming ; with a preface by Lindsay Johnson.
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Publisher
Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
727.60009/2
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vii, 201 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Geography, culture and the construction of identity -- Ch. 2. An architecture of persuasion : the rhetorical structure of Jorn Utzon's Sydney Opera House -- Ch. 3. A choral work : the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa -- Ch. 4. The WA Maritime Museum, the Swan Bell Tower and the lure of...
Publication information
Publisher
Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"In the years since the completion of Jørn Utzon's Sydney Opera House countries throughout the South Pacific have displayed a particular fascination with the possibility that architecture may be able to embody regional cultural identity. This book examines a number of major museums, art galleries and cultural centers that have been constructed in A...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Museum, gallery, and cultural architecture in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Region : essays in Antipodean identity / edited by Michael J. Ostwald and Steven Fleming ; with a preface by Lindsay Johnson.
Portion of title
Essays in Antipodean identity.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Other version (online)
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Call Numbers
727.60009/2
Record Identifier
74VKRg0vZgp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRg0vZgp3
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ISBN
0773453938
9780773453937
DDC
727.600099
MMS ID
991023190669702626
