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

  • Fink, Lois Marie.
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[2007], ©2007
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Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2007], ©2007.

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xxi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-215) and index.

Contents

Art as knowledge -- Exhibiting the evolution of culture -- Defining 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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  • 9781558496163
  • 1558496165