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Surrounded by art : panoramic views of America's landmark museums

Title
Surrounded by art : panoramic views of America's landmark museums / Thomas R. Schiff.
Author
Schiff, Thomas R.
Publication
New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2019.

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TextUse in library JQG 20-418Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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Additional Authors
  • Rappaport, Nina
  • Platow, Raphaela
  • Fuller, Jessica
  • Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • Electa/Rizzoli, publisher.
Description
221 pages : color illustrations; 19 x 33 cm
Summary
"In sweeping tableaux, photographer Thomas R. Schiff presents, America's most important art museums, using breathtaking photographs that compels us to revisit historic and modern cultural institutions and their storied rooms in a genuinely new light. Schiff skillfully combines his love of photography and architecture and profiles museums of all sizes and stripes across the country, showcasing the country's most stately institutions and newer cutting-edge buildings and building additions including Museums of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; and Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO; among many others. Schiff's fresh, dynamic photographs are sure to appeal to architecture, museum, and art lovers alike."--Jacket flap.
Alternative Title
Panoramic views of America's landmark museums
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Pictorial works.
  • Photobooks.
Note
  • "Surrounded by art: panoramic views of America's landmark museums is published in conjunction with Tom Schiff's exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, from November 22, 2019 through March 1, 2020"--Colophon.
Contents
Introduction / Nina Rappaport -- Interview: Raphaela Platow and Tom Schiff in conversation.
Call Number
JQG 20-418
ISBN
  • 9780847866885
  • 0847866882
LCCN
2019940980
OCLC
1089847118
Author
Schiff, Thomas R., photographer.
Title
Surrounded by art : panoramic views of America's landmark museums / Thomas R. Schiff.
Publisher
New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2019.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Rappaport, Nina, writer of introduction.
Platow, Raphaela, interviewer.
Fuller, Jessica, editor.
Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Electa/Rizzoli, publisher.
Research Call Number
JQG 20-418
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