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1 online resource (386 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Table of contents; list of illustrations; list of plates; foreword; author's note; acknowledgements; abbreviations; introduction; section i; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; section ii; chapter four; chapter five; chapter six; section iii; chapter seven; chapter eight; epilogue; appendices; bibliography; index. |
| Summary |
How and why do works make their way into a public art collection? Who decides what will be hung on the walls, placed on plinths, displayed in cases? These important, but seldom discussed, questions lie at the heart of this 'cultural biography' of the 70 years during which the Robert McDougall Art Gallery was Christchurch's civic art gallery. The book explains how the collection came together, how it developed, and how the public, and artists and critics, reacted to it. The book is presented ... |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Robert McDougall Art Gallery -- History.
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Robert McDougall Art Gallery. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Catalogs.
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Catalogs.
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Print version: Crighton, Anna. English, Colonial, Modern and Maori : The Changing Faces of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1932-2002. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2014 9781443866941 |
| ISBN |
9781443871693 (electronic book) |
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1443871699 (electronic book) |
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9781443866941 |
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