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Building the city beautiful : the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art / David B. Brownlee.
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection NA9127.P4 B76 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brownlee, David Bruce, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art museum architecture.
- Urban beautification.
- History.
- Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Buildings.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- Urban beautification--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Art museum architecture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 139 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 29 cm
- Edition:
- Second Edition.
- Other Title:
- Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art, [2017]
- Contents:
- The classical language of modern architecture
- The Benjamin Franklin Parkway
- The Museum of Art: "A Philadelphian Acropolis"
- A constellation of institutions
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- "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.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 127-139).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9780876332788
- 0876332785
- OCLC:
- 1028058485
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