- Titel: Capital culture : J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the reinvention of the museum experience
- Erschienen: Chicago; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013
- Umfang: 608 S., [16] Bl., Ill.
- ISBN: 9780226067704; 9780226067841
- Sprache: Englisch
- Schlagwörter: Brown, J. Carter 1934-2002 (John Carter) ; National Gallery of Art (U.S.) ; Biografie ; Brown, J. Carter ; National Gallery of Art Washington, DC ; Geschichte 1969-2000 ; Geschichte der Kunstwissenschaften ; Museumskunde ; USA
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Inhalt:
Becoming Carter BrownThe 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
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 - Kommentar: Includes bibliographical references and index
- Medientyp: Buch
- Datenquelle: UB Heidelberg , Kunstbibliothek - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz , Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in München , Kubikat , KunstBibliothek Köln