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

By: Hines, Thomas S [author.].
Contributor(s): Getty Research Institute [issuing body.].
Publisher: Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, ©2018Description: p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781606065815.Subject(s): Drexler, Arthur -- Criticism and interpretation | Drexler, Arthur -- Influence | 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 | Modern movement (Architecture) -- History | Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

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