A history of the Smithsonian American Art Museum : the intersection of art, science, and bureaucracy /

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"Dedicated to the art of the United States, the Smithsonian American Art Museum contains works by more than 7,000 artists and is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for the study and preservation of the nation's cultural heritage. But as Lois Marie Fink shows in this probing narrativ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fink, Lois Marie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Smithsonian American Art Museum > History.
Smithsonian American Art Museum > Histoire.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
HISTORY > Social History.
Kunstmusea.
Smithsonian Institute.
Washington (D.C.)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Art as knowledge
  • Exhibiting the evolution of culture
  • Definig art for the nation in two national galleries
  • Rejecting modern art for Washington, 1930s-1960s
  • Opening a new era for art at the Smithsonian, 1960s-1980
  • Looking back to beginnings
  • Pre-Smithsonian sources of the SAAM collection
  • Museum titles
  • Buildings of the Museum
  • Proposed designs for buildings
  • Directors of the Museum
  • Smithsonian secretaries
  • Smithsonian Board of Regents.

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