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The Met and the masses in postwar America : a study of the museum and popular art education
- Title
- The Met and the masses in postwar America : a study of the museum and popular art education / Mitchell B. Frank.
- Author
- Frank, Mitchell Benjamin
- Publication
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQE 23-194 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- xi, 241 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour); 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book explores the collaborations, during the mid-20th century, between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Book-of-the-Month Club. Between 1948 and 1962 the two institutions collaborated on three book projects -- 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures' (1948-1957), 'The Metropolitan Seminars in Art' (1958-60), and a print reproduction of Rembrandt's 'Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer' (1962) -- bringing art from the Met's collections right into the homes of subscribers. 'The Met and the Masses' places these commercial enterprises in a variety of contemporary and historical contexts, including the relation of cultural education to democracy in America, the history of the Met as an educational institution, the rise of art education in postwar America, and the concurrent transformation of the home into a space that mediated familial privacy and the public sphere. Using never-before-published archival material, the book demonstrates how the Met sought to bring art to the masses in postwar America, whilst upholding its reputation as an institution of high culture. It is essential reading for scholars, researchers and curators interested in the history of modern art, museum and curatorial studies, arts and cultural management, heritage studies, as well as the history of art publications."--taken from back cover.
- Subject
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
- Book-of-the-Month Club
- 1900-1999
- Art museums > Educational aspects > New York
- Art > History > United States > 20th century
- Art museums > Educational aspects
- Art > Study and teaching
- Intellectual life
- Art museums
- Art
- United States > Intellectual life > 20th century
- New York (State) > New York
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. 'The Metropolitan Miniatures' : Culture and commerce -- 2. 'The Metropolitan Seminars' : Middlebrow culture -- 3. The Met and art education in postwar America -- 4. Rembrandt's 'Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer' : Reproductions and quality -- 5. The Met, popular art education, and the problem of abstract art -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JQE 23-194
- ISBN
- 9781350277274
- 1350277274
- OCLC
- 1346929935
- 1346929935
- Author
- Frank, Mitchell Benjamin, author.
- Title
- The Met and the masses in postwar America : a study of the museum and popular art education / Mitchell B. Frank.
- Publisher
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JQE 23-194