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The house of Barnes : the man, the collection, the controversy / Neil L. Rudenstine ; with a new preface by the author and a foreword by Yve-Alain Bois.
Fine Arts Library N5220.B28 R83 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rudenstine, Neil L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951.
- Barnes, Albert C.
- Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951--Will.
- Barnes Foundation--Management.
- Barnes Foundation.
- Art--Collectors and collecting--Pennsylvania--Biography.
- Art.
- Art patrons--Pennsylvania--Biography.
- Art patrons.
- Art--Collectors and collecting--United States--Biography.
- Art patrons--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 229 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : The American Philosophical Society, [2024]
- Summary:
- "The House of Barnes: The Man, The Collection, The Controversy is a beautifully written study of the extraordinary art collector and volatile personality Albert C. Barnes. The book places him in the context of his own era, shedding new light on the ideas and movements (about art collecting, education, and aesthetics) that shaped so much of his thinking"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Yve-Alain Bois
- Preface to the new edition / by Neil L. Rudenstine
- Latch's Lane
- Mr. Barnes
- Collectors and collecting
- The many or the few: art and education in England and America
- Formalism: rival aesthetic theories
- Science and objectivity in art
- The Foundation
- Doomed by indenture
- Mr. Glanton
- Dr. Watson
- The court and the case.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781606188880
- 1606188887
- 9781606188897
- 1606188895
- OCLC:
- 1476542803
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