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Architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art : the Arthur Drexler years, 1951-1986

Title
Architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art : the Arthur Drexler years, 1951-1986 / Thomas S. Hines.
Author
Hines, Thomas S.
Publication
Los Angeles : The Getty Research Institute, [2019]

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Getty Research Institute, issuing body.
Description
xi, 196 pages; 27 cm
Summary
"This comprehensive history of the Museum of Modern Art's architecture and design department under the leadership of the highly influential curator Arthur Drexler assesses the department's impact on the shape and direction of twentieth-century architectural discourse"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: MOMA's Department of Architecture and Design, 1932-51: the rise of Arthur Drexler, 1925-51 -- Apprenticeship: Arthur Drexler as curator, 1951-56 -- Modernism at high tide: Drexler as department director, 1956-66 -- Creative destruction: Drexler, MOMA, and the changing course of modern architecture, 1966-75 -- Modernism under siege: Drexler, MOMA, and the postmodernist challenge, 1975-85 -- Modernism reconsidered: Drexler and MOMA, 1980-86.
Call Number
JQF 19-595
ISBN
  • 9781606065815
  • 1606065815
LCCN
2018011236
OCLC
1030445494
Author
Hines, Thomas S., author.
Title
Architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art : the Arthur Drexler years, 1951-1986 / Thomas S. Hines.
Publisher
Los Angeles : The Getty Research Institute, [2019]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
AUTH: UCLA. EXAMINES DEPT. UNDER LEADERSHIP OF DREXLER/IMPACT ON 20TH C. ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Getty Research Institute, issuing body.
Research Call Number
JQF 19-595
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