Art Wars : the Politics of Taste in Nineteenth-Century New York /

A study of three controversies that illuminate the changing cultural role of art exhibition in the nineteenth century. From the antebellum era through the Gilded Age, New York City's leading art institutions were lightning rods for conflict. In the decades before the Civil War, art promoters be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klein, Rachel N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Edición:1st edition.
Colección:America in the nineteenth century.
Temas:
American Art-Union > History > 19th century.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
American Art-Union
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
1800-1999
Art museums > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Art and society > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Aesthetics, Modern > Social aspects.
Aesthetics, Modern > 19th century.
Art et société > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Esthétique > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Aesthetics, Modern
Art and society
Art museums > Social aspects
Civilization
New York (N.Y.) > Civilization > 19th century.
New York (State) > New York
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction. The Importance of Taste: Intellectual Roots
  • Chapter 1. Paintings in Public Life: The Rise of the American Art-Union
  • Chapter 2. The Limits of Cultural Stewardship: The Fall of the American Art-Union
  • Chapter 3. Art and Industry: Debates of the 1850s
  • Chapter 4. The Art of Decoration and the Transformation of Stewardship: The Making of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Chapter 5. Metropolitan Museum on Trial: Antiquities, Expertise and the Problem of Race
  • Chapter 6. The Battle for Sundays at the Museum
  • Epilogue. Edith Wharton's Museum
  • Notes
  • Index
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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