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Author:

Hines, Thomas S., author.

Title:

Architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art : the Arthur Drexler years, 1951-1986 / Thomas S. Hines.

Publisher:

The Getty Research Institute,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xi, 196 pages ; 27 cm

Subject:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.).--Department of Architecture and Design--History--20th century.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.).--Department of Architecture and Design--Influence.
Drexler, Arthur--Criticism and interpretation.
Drexler, Arthur--Influence.
Drexler, Arthur.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.).--Department of Architecture and Design.
The Museum of Modern Art--New York, NY
Drexler, Arthur.
Modern movement (Architecture)--History.
Architecture--United States--History--20th century.
Art museums--New York--New York--History.

Other Authors:

Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: MOMA's Department of Architecture and Design, 1932-51: the rise of Arthur Drexler, 1925-51 -- Apprenticeship: Arthur Drexler as curator, 1951-56 -- Modernism at high tide: Drexler as department director, 1956-66 -- Creative destruction: Drexler, MOMA, and the changing course of modern architecture, 1966-75 -- Modernism under siege: Drexler, MOMA, and the postmodernist challenge, 1975-85 -- Modernism reconsidered: Drexler and MOMA, 1980-86.

Summary:

"This comprehensive history of the Museum of Modern Art's architecture and design department under the leadership of the highly influential curator Arthur Drexler assesses the department's impact on the shape and direction of twentieth-century architectural discourse"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1606065815
9781606065815

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1030445494

LCCN:

2018011236

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)