Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

Description

1. vii, 248 pages : illustrations, plans; 26 cm

Subject

1. Art museums
2. Museum techniques
3. Art museums > United States > History > 19th century
4. Art museums > Influence
5. Europe, Northern
6. United States
7. Art museums > United States > History > 20th century
8. 1800-1999
9. History
10. Museum techniques > United States > History > 20th century
11. Museum techniques > United States > History > 19th century
12. Art museums > Europe, Northern > Influence

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. JQF 16-991

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index.

Author

1. Curran, Kathleen, 1955- author.

Title

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

Publisher

1. Los Angeles, California : Getty Research Institute, [2016]

Copyright date

1. ©2016

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index.

Chronological term

1. 1800-1999

Added author

1. Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

LCCN

1. 2015036483

ISBN

1. 9781606064788 (hardback)
2. 1606064789 (hardback)

Research call number

1. JQF 16-991