Things American : Art Museums and Civic Culture in the Progressive Era.
Trask, Jeffrey.
Things American : Art Museums and Civic Culture in the Progressive Era. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (309 pages) - The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America Series . - The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Museums and Society -- Chapter One: Progressive Connoisseurs: The Intellectual Origins of Education Reform in Museums -- Chapter Two: The De Forest Faction's Progressive Museum Agenda -- Chapter Three: The Educational Value of American Things: Balancing Usefulness and Connoisseurship -- Chapter Four: The Arts of Peace: World War I and Cultural Nationalism -- Chapter Five: The Art of Living: The American Wing and Public History -- Chapter Six: Americanism in Design: Industrial Arts and Museums -- Epilogue: Depression Modern: Institutional Sponsors and Progressive Legacies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Things American examines the relationship between American museums and cultural democracy in the first part of the twentieth century by looking at the role museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the institutions it inspired played in Progressive Era social and cultural reform.
9780812205657
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)-History.
Art museums-Social aspects-United States.
Art museums and community-United States.
Art and society-United States-History-19th century.
Art and society-United States-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
N510 -- .T73 2012eb
708.1309
Things American : Art Museums and Civic Culture in the Progressive Era. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (309 pages) - The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America Series . - The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Museums and Society -- Chapter One: Progressive Connoisseurs: The Intellectual Origins of Education Reform in Museums -- Chapter Two: The De Forest Faction's Progressive Museum Agenda -- Chapter Three: The Educational Value of American Things: Balancing Usefulness and Connoisseurship -- Chapter Four: The Arts of Peace: World War I and Cultural Nationalism -- Chapter Five: The Art of Living: The American Wing and Public History -- Chapter Six: Americanism in Design: Industrial Arts and Museums -- Epilogue: Depression Modern: Institutional Sponsors and Progressive Legacies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Things American examines the relationship between American museums and cultural democracy in the first part of the twentieth century by looking at the role museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the institutions it inspired played in Progressive Era social and cultural reform.
9780812205657
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)-History.
Art museums-Social aspects-United States.
Art museums and community-United States.
Art and society-United States-History-19th century.
Art and society-United States-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
N510 -- .T73 2012eb
708.1309