Creating the Musée d'Orsay : the politics of culture in France / Andrea Kupfer Schneider.
Creating the Musée d'Orsay : the politics of culture in France / Andrea Kupfer Schneider.
Creating the Musée d'Orsay : the politics of culture in France / Andrea Kupfer Schneider.
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Publisher
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1998.
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N708.436/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 150 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Administrative History and the Architectural Debate -- 2. The Collection -- 3. The Conception of the Museum -- 4. Mixed Signals.
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Publisher
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1998.
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
The Gare d'Orsay train station, designed by French architect Victor Laloux, opened in Paris in 1900 to much fanfare. In fact, it was so beautiful that the French painter Eduoard Detaille felt it would be more appropriate as a museum. Eighty-six years later, after a complex and controversial decision-making process, the French government finally tra...
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Creating the Musée d'Orsay : the politics of culture in France / Andrea Kupfer Schneider.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-144) and index.
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c1998.
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N708.436/2
Record Identifier
74VM0KzjZ8Pd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0KzjZ8Pd
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ISBN
027101752X
027101752X (alk. paper)
DDC
708.436
MMS ID
991001694259702626
