Sacred modern: faith, activism, and aesthetics in the menil collection
Auteur :
Smart, Pamela G.
Éditeur :
University of Texas Press
ISBN :
9780292737587
Date de publication :
15 janv. 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This illuminating ethnography of the Menil Collection--the first such study of a major art museum--explores how the Collection embodies its founders' desire to bind the sacred to the modern and how the Menils' legacy is being perpetuated and contested beyond their lifetimes.