The invention of the American art museum : from craft to Kulturgeschichte, 1870-1930 / Kathleen Curran.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curran, Kathleen, 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, California : Getty Research Institute, [2016]
Subjects:
Holy Cross Note:Contains a reproduction of: Chapter House of the Benedictine Priory of Saint John at Le Bas-Nueil, 1150–1190, (pp. 214-215). Art original: limestone ; 448 x 336 x 662 cm in Worcester Art Museum (accession number: 1927.46).
Table of Contents:
  • From craft to Kulturgeschichte
  • Kulturgeschichte and the European museum
  • From craft to Kulturgeschichte in Boston : the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Kulturgeschichte as display : the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its cognates
  • Kulturgeschichte and art museums in the American Midwest
  • Kulturgeschichte and American nationalism
  • From craft to Kulturgeschichte in Philadelphia : the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1876-1928
  • The legacy of Kulturgeschichte, decorative arts collections, and the architectural fragment.