Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art - The Arthur Drexler Years, 1951-1986

Author:   Thomas S. Hines
Publisher:   Getty Trust Publications
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9781606065815


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   22 January 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art - The Arthur Drexler Years, 1951-1986


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Author:   Thomas S. Hines
Publisher:   Getty Trust Publications
Imprint:   Getty Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 26.10cm
Weight:   1.112kg
ISBN:  

9781606065815


ISBN 10:   1606065815
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   22 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments Preface 1 Prologue: MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design, 1932-1951 2 The Rise of Arthur Drexler, 1925-1951 3 Apprenticeship: Drexler as Curator, 1951-1956 4 Modernism at High Tide: Drexler as Department Director, 1956-1966 5 Creative Destruction: Drexler, MoMA, and the Changing Course of Modern Architecture, 1966-1975 6 Modernism under Siege: Drexler, MoMA, and the Postmodernist Challenge, 1975-1985 7 Modernism Reconsidered: Drexler and MoMA, 1980-1986 Notes Index

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Given the pivotal role MoMA played in advancing, documenting, and critiquing modern design, this book is valuable not only for its examination of Drexler's impact but also as a historiography of modern architecture. --Choice [A] meticulously researched account . . . --Architectural Record


A fascinating examination. --Journal of Design History This volume is richly illustrated with [106] black and white reproductions of photographs, buildings, exhibition installations and models. . . . It would be an appropriate addition for museum libraries or academic art libraries that support curatorial or museum studies departments. --ARLIS/NA Given the pivotal role MoMA played in advancing, documenting, and critiquing modern design, this book is valuable not only for its examination of Drexler's impact but also as a historiography of modern architecture. --Choice [A] meticulously researched account . . . --Architectural Record


Given the pivotal role MoMA played in advancing, documenting, and critiquing modern design, this book is valuable not only for its examination of Drexler's impact but also as a historiography of modern architecture. -- Choice [A] meticulously researched account . . . -- Architectural Record This volume is richly illustrated with [106] black and white reproductions of photographs, buildings, exhibition installations and models. . . . It would be an appropriate addition for museum libraries or academic art libraries that support curatorial or museum studies departments. -- ARLIS/NA A fascinating examination. -- Journal of Design History Anyone interested in A&D at MoMA should read The Arthur Drexler Years, 1951-1986, especially those who want to know more about such important exhibitions as Built in USA: Post-War Architecture (1953), The New City: Architecture and Urban Renewal (1967), The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1975), and Mies van der Rohe Centennial Exhibition (1986). --A Daily Dose of Architecture Books


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THOMAS S. HINES is professor emeritus of history and architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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