Research Catalog

Building the city beautiful : the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Title: Building the city beautiful : the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art / David B. Brownlee.
Author: Brownlee, David Bruce
Publication: Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art, [2017]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Use in library	NA9052 .B76 2017g	Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Description

x,139 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 x 29 cm

Alternative Title

Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

"Published on the occasion of the centennial of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia"--Title page verso.
"The first edition was published on the occasion of an exhibit shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Art., September 9 - November 26, 1989"--Title page verso.
"Substantial revisions have been made to the discussions of the work of Jacques Gréber, the development of the design of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1912-16, the Free Library, and the Rodin Museum. I have written all-new sections on the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Notable in this new work is additional information about the role played by the pathbreaking African American architect Julian Abele in the design of the Free Library and the art museum"--Preface, page ix.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 127-139).

Contents

The classical language of modern architecture -- The Benjamin Franklin Parkway -- The Museum of Art: "A Philadelphian Acropolis" -- A constellation of institutions -- Epilogue.

ISBN

9780876332788
0876332785

LCCN

99977310557

OCLC

on1028058485
1028058485
SCSB-9168834

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries