The book on the floor : Andr ̌Malraux and the imaginary museum / Walter Grasskamp ; translated by Fiona Elliott.

Includes index.

The book on the floor -- A stunning image -- Journey into an interior -- Overtones -- Down on one knee -- At home -- "The greatest art historian of our time" -- Demystification -- Thought transference -- Malraux-Benjamin-Valřy -- Malraux-Salmony -- Imaginary museum and photographic encyclopedia -- Andr ̌Vigneau and the encyclopďie photographique de l'art -- Photo credits -- The "logistics of the spirit" -- A "museum in the home" -- Image and text -- Frozen sculptures -- The discourse of design -- The layout of world art -- Deregulating the concept of art -- Reproduction fever -- Agents of world art -- The "anthropological turn" -- The concept of art in parallel universes -- The universe of forms -- Reception histories -- World art returns to Germany -- The imaginary museum at Documenta 1 -- Topic of reception -- Update -- Imaginary museums -- Painted picture galleries -- Collections of plaster casts -- Musěs des ťudes -- Paper museums -- The imaginary museum director -- The museum as space of representation -- Metaphors of the century -- Artists' museums -- Curated memory -- Marcel Broodthaers -- Dennis Adams or the revival of Malraux -- Andr ̌Vigneau -- A media nomad -- A phantom in media history -- Vigneau-Benjamin -- Coda: the floor as exhibition space.