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Museum Cultures: Politics of Display

Course Number: 
040
Lynn Orr
Explores the history of collecting and displaying art (museums, galleries, fairs) since the mid-19th century and the effect of institutional changes on aesthetic conventions. Follows the history from the origins of museums and collections to contemporary critiques of institutional exclusion and misrepresentation. (Formerly course 80D.) (General Education Code(s): IM, A.)
Quarter: 
Spring
Academic Year: 
2013-14