Fiske and Marie Kimball : shaping public engagement with architecture and the arts / edited by Marie Frank.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frank, Marie Ann, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955.

Kimball, Fiske.

Kimball, Marie Goebel, 1889-1955.

Kimball, Marie Goebel.

Art historians--United States.

Art historians.

Architectural historians--United States.

Architectural historians.

Architecture and society--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

Art and society--United States--History--20th century.

Art and society.

Physical Description:

ix, 234 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2025.

Summary:

"A collection of essays that explore the ways in which Fiske and Marie Kimball shaped our experience and understanding of art and architecture in the twentieth century, introducing new methodologies to the study of art that ranged across disciplines as well as working to engage the public with works of art"-- Provided by publisher.

"The fascinating journey of one of the art world's great midcentury power couples The essays in this interdisciplinary volume explore how Fiske and Marie Kimball, together and in their own respective ways, shaped the experience and understanding of art and architecture in the twentieth century. From his pioneering publication Thomas Jefferson, Architect in 1916 through his long connection with Monticello and position as director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Fiske Kimball emerged as a powerful and influential voice. He was dubbed "the dean of American architectural history," and his scholarship established the rich legacy of the past while his engagement with public monuments guided design in the present. Marie Kimball was an accomplished historian and prolific writer whose multivolume biography of Jefferson was widely celebrated. She was also the first curator of Monticello and played a key role in the display and interpretation of its historic objects. Although both Fiske and Marie distinguished themselves independently, they also regularly worked together, and their joint efforts evidence a rare partnership of the mind. This collection celebrates and contextualizes this remarkable pair"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The arc of American architectural history to Fiske Kimball / Richard Guy Wilson

Marie Kimball, scholar and historian / Susan Kern

Architectural imagination : Fiske Kimball's Modern Museum 199John Vick

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Rosenlund fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version Fiske and Marie Kimball

ISBN:

9780813953991

0813953995

9780813954004

0813954002

OCLC:

1515403928