Modernism in America 1937-1941 : a catalog and exhibition of four architectural competitions : Wheaton College, Goucher College, College of William and Mary, Smithsonian Institution / edited by James D. Kornwolf.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Williamsburg, Va. : Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1985.

Description:

xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lenders to the exhibition -- Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Preface / Walter L. Creese -- Introduction: The competitions, the thirties, and architectural issues related to them, then and now / James D. Kornwolf -- Wheaton College competition for an art center / Thomas J. McCormick -- Goucher College competition for a campus development plan and library / James D. Kornwolf -- College of William and Mary competition for a festival theatre and fine arts center / James D. Kornwolf -- The Smithsonian Institution competition for a gallery of art / Travis C. McDonald, Jr. -- Appendix I: Competition programs -- Appendix II: Architects known to have entered the competitions -- Appendix III: Resumés of architects, jurors, and advisers participating in the competitions -- Appendix IV: Museum of Modern Art exhibitions of competition designs, 1938-1941.

Subject:

Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.
Goucher College, Towson, Md.
College of William and Mary.
Smithsonian Institution.
International style (Architecture) Competitions United States Exhibitions.
Architecture United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture United States Competitions.
Architecture United States Exhibitions.
Architecture États-Unis Concours.
Architecture États-Unis Expositions.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture Competitions
Architecture
International style (Architecture) Competitions
United States

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Kornwolf, James D.
Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.)

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Location: Library main 143920
Call No.: ID EXHWILLIAMSBURG; ID:85-B27089
Status: Available

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