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9780718502423

The American Art Museum: Elitism and Democracy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780718502423

  • ISBN10:

    0718502426

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: Continuum International Publishing
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Table of Contents

Plates vii
Figures
ix
Tables
x
Preface xi
The motives of art patronage during the American Renaissance and how they influenced the American art museum
1(17)
The American art museum, a symbol of democracy
18(14)
America's first museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
32(21)
The role of the federal government: The National Gallery, Washington, D.C., and The National Endowment for the Arts
53(28)
The development of American modernism and its influence on the American art museum
81(21)
Art for the masses: a study of educational practices in American art museums
102(22)
Capitalism and the American art museum: an analysis of the corporate influence
124(26)
The scholar and the capitalist: the common goals of Alfred H. Barr and Nelson Rockefeller in building the Museum of Modern Art
150(20)
Transformations: a developmental examination of the Museum of Modern Art
170(21)
Conclusion
191(17)
Bibliography 208(11)
Index 219

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