Marble palaces, temples of art : art museums, architecture, and American culture, 1890-1930 / Ingrid A. Steffensen-Bruce.

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Steffensen-Bruce, Ingrid A.

Title & Author:

Marble palaces, temples of art : art museums, architecture, and American culture, 1890-1930 / Ingrid A. Steffensen-Bruce.

Publication:

Description:

265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-260) and index.
Introduction: The Museum Age -- 1. Establishing a Style: Boston, New York, and Chicago -- 2. The Art Museum as Fair Spectacle -- 3. The Museum as Urban Cultural Locator: Art Museums, Municipal Parks, and the City Beautiful Movement -- 4. The Art Museum as Urban Moral Influence -- 5. Plans, Competitions, and Architectural Professionalism -- Conclusion: The Death and the Legacy of the Monumental Classical Art Museum.

Summary:

"The era from 1890 to 1930 constituted a building boom for American art museums designed in a monumental, classical style; both the proliferation of the buildings and the ubiquity of the style seem to indicate an architectural as well as a sociocultural phenomenon. The present work is an attempt to place the American art museum building of this period into its historical milieu, and employs over one hundred illustrations and sociocultural analysis to explain the significance of both the institutions and the structures housing them to those who came into regular contact with them, including architects, patrons, journalists, and museum personnel."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0838753515 (alk. paper)
9780838753514 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Bornholms Kunstmuseum Gudhjem
Heimatmuseum Amöneburg
Art museum architecture United States History 19th century.
Art museum architecture United States History 20th century.
Art museums United States History 19th century.
Art museums United States History 20th century.
Architecture des musées d'art États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture des musées d'art États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Art museum architecture.
Art museums.
Architektur
Museumsbau
Kunstmuseum
Museumgebouwen.
Musées États-Unis 19e siècle.
Musées États-Unis 20e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis 1870-1914.
Architecture États-Unis 20e siècle.
Geschichte 1890-1930.
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201590
Call No.: NA6695 .S7 1998
Status: Available

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