Title: The American Art Museum: Elitism and Democracy
Abstract: How the motives of art patronage during the American Renaissance shaped the art museum the American art museum - a symbol of democracy America's first museums - the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts the role of the federal government - the National Gallery, Washington, DC, the National Endowment for the Arts the development of American modernism and its influence on the American art museum art for the masses - a study of educational practices in American art museums capitalism and the American art museum - an analysis of the corporate influence the scholar and the capitalist - the common goals of Alfred H Barr and Nelson Rockefeller in building the Museum of Modern Art transformations - a developmental examination of the Museum of Modern Art.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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