Author: Taylor, Joshua C.

Publication Year: 1974

Media Type: Book

Summary:

The author places the American art museum in its historical settings since World War 2. He traces the way in which contemporary museums have arrives at their organizational and physical shapes and how the contents have changed; much of this shift, he shows, involves a move from private privilege to public responsibility. He further discusses contemporary problems and influences.

Abstract:

Background paper prepared for the 46th American Assembly, of Columbia University, held at Arden, House, Harriman, New York, November 1974.

The author places the American art museum in its historical settings since World War 2. He traces the way in which contemporary museums have arrives at their organizational and physical shapes and how the contents have changed; much of this shift, he shows, involves a move from private privilege to public responsibility. He further discusses contemporary problems and influences.

CONTENTS
Exhibitions of art.
The museum of art.
Museum buildings.
The collector.
The new museum.
The National Gallery of Art.
The Museum of Modern Art.
The postwar art museum:
     The building. 
     Conservation.
     Collections.
Public involvement.
The museum and the art student.
Conclusion.

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Categories: Cultural Facilities