The delirious museum : a journey from the Louvre to Las Vegas /
Providing an interpretation of the relationship between the museum and the city in the 21st century, this work presents an original view of the idea of the museum, proposing that it is, or should be, both a repository of the artefacts of the past and a continuation of the city street in the present
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London :
I. B. Tauris,
2006
London ; New York : New York : I. B. Tauris ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2007 London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2006 London ; New York : 2006 London : 2006 London : 2007 |
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Table of Contents:
- The Louvre: An absence
- The endless museum: A 'house of dreams'
- Beneath the museum, the street
- The totalmuseum: Exhibitions/experiments
- This is a not museum
- From Soane to Soane
- The mausoleum: Where death ends
- Carlo Scarpa: The labyrinth in time
- The spiral in ruins
- After the wall: Studio Libeskind
- Los Angeles: The hidden museum
- Las Vegas: The past sure is tense
- 1 The Louvre : an absence
- 2. The endless museum : a 'house of dreams'
- 3. Beneath the museum, the street
- 4. The totalmuseum : exhibitions/experiments
- 5. This is a not museum
- 6. From Soane to Soane
- 7. The mausoleum : where death ends
- 8. Carlo Scarpa : the labyrinth in time
- 9. The spiral in ruins
- 10. After the wall : studio Libeskind
- 11. Los Angeles : the hidden museum
- 12. Las Vegas : the past sure is tense.
- 1 The Louvre: An Absence 7
- 2 The Endless Museum: A 'House of Dreams' 16
- 3 Beneath the Museum, the Street 34
- 4 The Totalmuseum: Exhibitions/Experiments 44
- 5 This is a not Museum 64
- 6 From Soane to Soane 86
- 7 The Mausoleum: Where Death Ends 109
- 8 Carlo Scarpa: The Labyrinth in Time 129
- 9 The Spiral in Ruins 147
- 10 After the Wall: Studio Libeskind 168
- 11 Los Angeles: The Hidden Museum 185
- 12 Las Vegas: The Past Sure is Tense 198