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

Title
: 
Architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art : the Arthur Drexler years, 1951-1986

Author
: 
Hines, Thomas S., author.

ISBN
: 
9781606065815

Personal Author
: 
Hines, Thomas S., author.

Physical Description
: 
xi, 196 pages ; 27 cm

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.

Abstract
: 
"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.

Personal Subject
: 
Drexler, Arthur-Criticism and interpretation.
 
Drexler, Arthur-Influence.

Corporate 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.

Subject Term
: 
Modern movement (Architecture) -- History.
 
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
 
Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.

Added Corporate Author
: 
Getty Research Institute,

Bibliographical References
: 
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Field 805
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