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Curious perspectives ...

Publication: The Australian Library Journal
Publication Date: 01-NOV-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Curious perspectives ...(Libraries)(Book review)

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Hofer, Candidia Libraries. Introduction by Umberto Eco. London: Thames and Hudson, 2005. 271 pp. US$125.00 hard cover ISBN 0500543143 Barreneche, Raul A New museums. London: Phaidon. 206 pp. US$99.95 hard cover ISBN 0714844985

In one of these two glossy illustrated books libraries are represented (by Hofer) as static works of art, while in the other Barreneche sees museums as 'theme parks' competing for a slice of the public's leisure time and disposable income.

Libraries is a strange book. Well-known German photographer Candida Hofer has assembled 137 colour photographs of the...

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