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050 00 $aN857$b.F56 2007
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100 1 $aFink, Lois Marie.
245 12 $aA history of the Smithsonian American Art Museum :$bthe intersection of art, science, and bureaucracy /$cLois Marie Fink.
260 $aAmherst :$bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,$cc2007.
300 $axxi, 220 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-215) and index.
505 0 $aArt as knowledge -- Exhibiting the evolution of culture -- Definig art for the nation in two national galleries -- Rejecting modern art for Washington, 1930s-1960s -- Opening a new era for art at the Smithsonian, 1960s-1980 -- Looking back to beginnings -- Pre-Smithsonian sources of the SAAM collection -- Museum titles -- Buildings of the Museum -- Proposed designs for buildings -- Directors of the Museum -- Smithsonian secretaries -- Smithsonian Board of Regents.
520 1 $a"Dedicated to the art of the United States, the Smithsonian American Art Museum contains works by more than 7,000 artists and is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for the study and preservation of the nation's cultural heritage. But as Lois Marie Fink shows in this probing narrative, the history of the museum is hardly one of steady progress. Instead, it reads like a nineteenth-century melodrama, replete with villains and heroes, destruction by fire, dashed hopes, and periods of subsistence survival - all leading eventually to a happy ending." "In recounting the history of the museum from 1846 to 1980, Fink unravels the various levels of institutional authority, power, governance, and bureaucracy and shows how people at each level influenced the fortunes of the collection. She also places changing concepts of art and museum practice in the context of national ideals and Washington realities."--Jacket.
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