Quaderni di Venezia Arti

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Edited book | A Driving Force
Chapter | The Rise of the Sursock Museum

The Rise of the Sursock Museum

The Power of the Image to Create an Image of Power

Abstract

The Sursock Museum is a cultural institution that has played a significant role in shaping the art scene in Beirut, Lebanon, and the wider region, since its establishment in the 1950s-60s. This paper examines how the Museum employed the rhetoric of images on multiple levels, including that of its donor, the architecture, as well as the art to consolidate its power in the second half of the twentieth century. As such, the Sursock Museumʼs policies helped construct its public image as a place of cultural and social significance, while also reflecting broader power structures and hierarchies in Lebanese society.


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Submitted: Sept. 17, 2023 | Accepted: Oct. 30, 2023 | Published Dec. 22, 2023 | Language: en

Keywords Salon d'Automne • Salon dʼAutomne • Modern art history • Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock • Lebanon • Modern Art History • Sursock Museum • Beirut

Copyright © 2023 Ashraf Osman. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-771-5/017


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