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Author | : Kathleen Curran |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2016-07-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1606064789 |
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American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. This groundbreaking work recounts the fascinating story of the invention of the modern American art museum, starting with its roots in the 1870s in the craft museum type, which was based on London’s South Kensington (now the Victoria and Albert) Museum. At the turn of the twentieth century, American planners grew enthusiastic about a new type of museum and presentation that was developed in Northern Europe, particularly in Germany, Switzerland, and Scandinavia. Called Kulturgeschichte (cultural history) museums, they were evocative displays of regional history. American trustees, museum directors, and curators found that the Kulturgeschichte approach offered a variety of transformational options in planning museums, classifying and displaying objects, and broadening collecting categories, including American art and the decorative arts. Leading institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, adopted and developed crucial aspects of the Kulturgeschichte model. By the 1930s, such museum plans and exhibition techniques had become standard practice at museums across the country.
Author | : Suzanne Loebl |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780393320060 |
Download America's Art Museums Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A tour of America's most notable museums is also a history of the nation's art that highlights each location's top works while discussing the backgrounds of each building and featured piece of art.
Author | : Theresa J. Slowik |
Publisher | : Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2006-04-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780810955325 |
Download America's Art Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Celebrating the reopening of the newly restored Smithsonian American Art Museum, a premier collection of American art features more than 250 reproductions of great works of American painting, sculpture, folk art, and photography, by such artists as Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Nam June Paik, and other luminaries.
Author | : Walter Pach |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2013-05-31 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1473387604 |
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This vintage volume contains a fascinating and informative treatise on the role of the art museum in modern America. This thought-provoking text explores the role of art and art exhibitions in the modern world, analysing the history of modern art, the changes in attitude and importance throughout the years, and the future of art in modern society. The chapters of this book include: 'On Art Museums', 'Some American History', 'Our History Continues', 'The Achievement', 'Problems and Theories', 'The Problem of the American Artist', 'The Problem of Modern Art', 'Casts and Other Reproductions', etcetera. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a new biography of the author.
Author | : David Breslin |
Publisher | : Whitney Museum of American Art |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2022-04-26 |
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ISBN | : 9780300263893 |
Download Whitney Biennial 2022 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presenting the latest iteration of this crucial exhibition, always a barometer of contemporary American art The 2022 Whitney Biennial is accompanied by this landmark volume. Each of the Biennial's participants is represented by a selected exhibition history, a bibliography, and imagery complemented by a personal statement or interview that foregrounds the artist's own voice. Essays by the curators and other contributors elucidate themes of the exhibition and discuss the participants. The 2022 Biennial's two curators, David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards, are known for their close collaboration with living artists. Coming after several years of seismic upheaval in and beyond the cultural, social, and political landscapes, this catalogue will offer a new take on the storied institution of the Biennial while continuing to serve--as previous editions have--as an invaluable resource on present-day trends in contemporary art in the United States.
Author | : Philip Kopper |
Publisher | : ABRAMS |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Art museums |
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Download America's National Gallery of Art Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This handsome tribute to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. traces the history of the museum from conception to construction on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. Opened with great fanfare, the National Gallery was "the richest single gift from any individual to any nation ever." That individual was financier Andrew Mellon. Kopper's succinct biography covers Mellon's personal and political life as well as his passion for collecting the paintings of old masters. Mellon's bequest stipulated the museum's name, location, and details of governance, ensuring continued high standards and a vital future. Kopper includes profiles of the architect and various museum directors, including Mellon's son Paul, as well as illustrations that document some of the collection's highlights. ISBN 0-8109-3658-5: $60.00 (For use only in the library)
Author | : Eleanor Jones Harvey |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2012-12-03 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0300187335 |
Download The Civil War and American Art Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Collects the best artwork created before, during and following the Civil War, in the years between 1859 and 1876, along with extensive quotations from men and women alive during the war years and text by literary figures, including Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain and Walt Whitman. 15,000 first printing.
Author | : Walter Pach |
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Release | : 1948 |
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Author | : Smithsonian American Art Museum |
Publisher | : Giles |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Download Our America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Explores how one group of Latin American artists express their relationship to American art, history and culture.
Author | : Michael K. Komanecky |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2020-03-10 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0847867048 |
Download Maine and American Art Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this expansive volume devoted to one of the premier art collections in the U.S., the rich and full picture of Maine's central role in American art from the early nineteenth century to the present is chronicled. Published on the occasion of Maine's bicentennial, the book considers more than 200 major works of American art from the Farnsworth Art Museum's impressive holdings and details how the state has figured prominently in the development of American art. The volume includes artists as diverse as Andrew Wyeth, Marsden Hartley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Francesco Clemente, Robert Rauschenberg, and Alex Katz, among others. Through their work, a fascinating depiction of the state--and indeed of the development of American art--emerges. The volume will feature two historic sites: the Farnsworth Homestead (the National Register of Historic Places home of founder Lucy Copeland Farnsworth) and the National Historic Landmark Olson House, inspiration for some 300 works by Andrew Wyeth, including Christina's World. The book also considers Lucy Copeland Farnsworth's distinctive vision to create a museum, library, and historic house, placing her among the few and still under-recognized women who created museums throughout the United States in the early twentieth century.