Capital culture, J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the reinvention of the museum experience, Neil Harris
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Capital culture, J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the reinvention of the museum experience, Neil Harris
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-577) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
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illustrationsplatesportraits
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index present
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non fiction
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Capital culture
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bibliography
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843010401
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Neil Harris
Sub title
J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the reinvention of the museum experience
Table Of Contents
Becoming Carter Brown -- The National Gallery: directions and deviations -- Stalking the prey: the quest for old masters -- The secretary arrives: Dillon Ripley and the Smithsonian challenge -- Reinventing the National Gallery: creating the East Building -- "What hath Brown wrought?" -- Presenting King Tut -- Trouble in paradise: the light that failed -- Exhibiting strategies -- The secretary carries on: consolidating Dillon Ripley's administration -- Minister of culture: shaping Washington -- "Treasure Houses of Britain": the anatomy of an exhibition -- Campaigns and conquests -- Goodbye Columbus: celebrating the quincentenary -- Retirement projects
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