Museum architecture
By: Justin Henderson ; [foreword by Arthur Rosenblatt].
Publisher: Rockport Publishers; Distributed to the book trade and art trade in the United States by North Light Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Gloucester, Mass; Cincinnati, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Museum architecture.; Art museum architecture.; Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
Description: Outstanding architectural talent, combined with financial largesse, both public and private, has resulted in a new wave of museums all over the world. Through compelling photography, this beautiful volume examines the relationship of a museum to its site, context and collections. It presents the museum structure as a dramatic backdrop for the art it contains, and looks at how the building itself is recognized as art.
Table of contents: title: General-interest art museums; title: Specialized art museums; title: Other museums.