James Cuno: 2 books
Who Owns Antiquity?
Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage (New in Paper)
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted museums, private collectors, and dealers against source countries, archaeologists, and academics. Maintaining that the acquisition...
Museums Matter
In Praise of the Encyclopedic Museum
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society’s growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. But in recent years, museums have been under...