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- catalog abstract ""The era from 1890 to 1930 constituted a building boom for American art museums designed in a monumental, classical style; both the proliferation of the buildings and the ubiquity of the style seem to indicate an architectural as well as a sociocultural phenomenon. The present work is an attempt to place the American art museum building of this period into its historical milieu, and employs over one hundred illustrations and sociocultural analysis to explain the significance of both the institutions and the structures housing them to those who came into regular contact with them, including architects, patrons, journalists, and museum personnel."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10890628.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""The era from 1890 to 1930 constituted a building boom for American art museums designed in a monumental, classical style; both the proliferation of the buildings and the ubiquity of the style seem to indicate an architectural as well as a sociocultural phenomenon. The present work is an attempt to place the American art museum building of this period into its historical milieu, and employs over one hundred illustrations and sociocultural analysis to explain the significance of both the institutions and the structures housing them to those who came into regular contact with them, including architects, patrons, journalists, and museum personnel."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-260) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Museum Age -- 1. Establishing a Style: Boston, New York, and Chicago -- 2. The Art Museum as Fair Spectacle -- 3. The Museum as Urban Cultural Locator: Art Museums, Municipal Parks, and the City Beautiful Movement -- 4. The Art Museum as Urban Moral Influence -- 5. Plans, Competitions, and Architectural Professionalism -- Conclusion: The Death and the Legacy of the Monumental Classical Art Museum.".
- catalog extent "265 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Marble palaces, temples of art.".
- catalog identifier "0838753515 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Marble palaces, temples of art.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press ; London : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Marble palaces, temples of art.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "727/.7/097309041 21".
- catalog subject "Art museum architecture United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Art museum architecture United States History 20th century".
- catalog subject "Art museums United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Art museums United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "NA6695 .A74 1999".
- catalog subject "NA6695 .S74 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Museum Age -- 1. Establishing a Style: Boston, New York, and Chicago -- 2. The Art Museum as Fair Spectacle -- 3. The Museum as Urban Cultural Locator: Art Museums, Municipal Parks, and the City Beautiful Movement -- 4. The Art Museum as Urban Moral Influence -- 5. Plans, Competitions, and Architectural Professionalism -- Conclusion: The Death and the Legacy of the Monumental Classical Art Museum.".
- catalog title "Marble palaces, temples of art : art museums, architecture, and American culture, 1890-1930 / Ingrid A. Steffensen-Bruce.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".