Grasping the World: The Idea of the Museum - Paperback

by Donald Preziosi (Editor), Claire Farago (Editor)

First published in 2004, this volume recognises that there is much more to museums than the documenting, monumentalizing, or theme-parking of identity, history and heritage.

Author Biography

Donald Preziosi is Professor of Art History, UCLA, where he developed and directs the art history critical theory programme, as well as the UCLA museum studies programme.