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- ↑ Troelenberg, Eva-Maria; Savino, Melania (2017-02-06). Images of the Art Museum: Connecting Gaze and Discourse in the History of Museology. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-034136-2.
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