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Alfred H. Barr, Jr [ Texto impreso] : missionary for the modern / Alice Goldfarb Marquis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : Contemporary Books, c1989.Description: xi, 431 p., [24] p. de láminas : il ; 24 cmSubject(s):
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1. Genesis -- 2. A long line of preachers -- 3. Pilgrimage -- 4. A pulpit for Mr. Barr -- 5. Building the congegation -- 6. Converting the heathen -- 7. Preaching the gospel -- 8. In the wilderness -- 9. Defending the faith -- 10. Expanding the canon -- 11. The disciples go forth -- 12. The established church
Note: Incluye fotografías de exposiciones en el MOMA, de Alfred H. Barr, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, M. M. Warburg, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Peggy Guggenheim, Greta Daniel, Dorothy Miller, etc. Ownership and Custodial History: Segundo ejemplar donación de Enrique García-Herráiz.Bibliography: Incluye referencias bibliográficas (pp. 365-413) e índice.Summary: "Barr forever changed American taste as he changed the look and atmosphere and content of art museums around the world. His books, exhibition catalogs, and articles gave modern art a language, a literature, and a history. The collection he amassed for the Museum of Modern Art remains the definitive statement of the visual arts in the twentieth century. Righteously, zealously, stubbornly, Alfred Barr hewed the pillars that continue to frame for us the art of our time" (cubierta posterior)
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Monografía prestable Biblioteca FJM Sala general Estudios Curatoriales N 620 .M9 M37 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2c, c1 Available 1194620
Monografía prestable Museu Fundación Juan March. Palma Biblioteca. Museu Fundación Juan March. Palma Arte N 620 .M9 M37 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2c, c2 Available 1273617

Incluye fotografías de exposiciones en el MOMA, de Alfred H. Barr, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, M. M. Warburg, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Peggy Guggenheim, Greta Daniel, Dorothy Miller, etc.

1. Genesis -- 2. A long line of preachers -- 3. Pilgrimage -- 4. A pulpit for Mr. Barr -- 5. Building the congegation -- 6. Converting the heathen -- 7. Preaching the gospel -- 8. In the wilderness -- 9. Defending the faith -- 10. Expanding the canon -- 11. The disciples go forth -- 12. The established church

"Barr forever changed American taste as he changed the look and atmosphere and content of art museums around the world. His books, exhibition catalogs, and articles gave modern art a language, a literature, and a history. The collection he amassed for the Museum of Modern Art remains the definitive statement of the visual arts in the twentieth century. Righteously, zealously, stubbornly, Alfred Barr hewed the pillars that continue to frame for us the art of our time" (cubierta posterior)

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