Building The Frick Collection

Download or read book Building the Frick Collection written by Colin B. Bailey and published by Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a study of the famous home of Henry Clay Frick, which houses the Frick Collection in New York City. This work examines the history of the house and how it influenced the collection itself.

Download or read book The Frick Collection Handbook written by Frick Collection and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Private Collector's Museum written by Georgina Walker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Private Collector’s Museum connects the rising popularity of private museums with evolving models of collecting and philanthropy, and new inter-relationships between private and public space. It examines how contemporary collectors construct museums to frame themselves as cultural arbiters of global distinction. By exploring a range of in-depth contemporary case studies, the book aims for a more complex understanding of the private collector’s museum, assessing how it is realised, funded and understood in a broader cultural context. It examines the ways in which this particular museum model has evolved within a historical Western tradition of collecting and museum-building, and considers how private museums will endure alongside their public counterparts. It also sheds light on the shifting patterns of collecting, such as the transition of personal art collections into the public sphere. The developments are situated within the wider context of private–public engagement in general. Providing a new analysis of philanthropy, public access and the museum, The Private Collector’s Museum is essential reading for scholars and students interested in the private museum, and key reading for those interested in related issues.

Download or read book Masterpieces of the Frick Collection written by Frick Collection and published by Penguin Putnam. This book was released on 1970 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eagerly awaited for many years, this is the first general illustrated book on the treasures of New York's Remarkable Frick Collection, published in celebration of the fiftieth anniversity of the Collection's founding in 1920. It brings together reproductions of some of the greatest works of Rembrandt, Vermeer, Bellini, Fragonard, van Eyck, Piero della Francesca, Holbein, El Greco, Titian, Veronese, Van Dyck, Velaquez, Boucher, Gainsborough, Goya, Whistler, Constable, Turner, Ingres, Degas, Monet, Renoir - and others.

Download or read book Building the Getty written by Richard Meier and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-09-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an history of the planning, design, and construction of the six-building Getty Center in Los Angeles, one of the great cultural complexes. This book takes us behind the scenes of the thirteen-year-long, one-billion-dollar project.

Download or read book The Evolving House Museum written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-08-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores twelve house museums, created over more than two centuries, and founded across the globe. What motivates collectors to establish independent house museums instead of donating their collections to preexisting institutions? How have collectors’ original intentions manifested themselves in their museums? Have founder mandates aided the survival or caused the demise of their institutions? How have house museums’ collections or buildings evolved over time? Must museums reinterpret their collections to remain relevant to contemporary and diverse audiences? In seeking to answer these questions, the volume’s authors share the unique stories behind the creation and evolution of these fascinating institutions, and the intriguing stories of the exceptional individuals who founded them. Contributors: Aistė Bimbirytė, Eliza Butler, Chih-En Chen, Enrico Colle, Allegra Davis, Marissa Hershon, Mia Laufer, Ulrike Müller, Nadine Nour el Din, Inge Reist, Anne Nellis Richter, and Georgina S. Walker.

Download or read book The Museum written by Owen Hopkins and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful and visually immersive book charts the fascinating story of the institution of the Museum, from its origins to the present. Visited by millions around the world every year, museums are one of mankind’s most essential creations. They tell stories, shape cultural identities and hold valuable insight about the past and about the future. This captivating works charts a path from the very first collection through to the latest developments in cultural curation, interweaving Using examples of the greatest cultural institutions to shape the narrative, historian and academic Owen Hopkins draws on his deep knowledge of the field to outline the history of the museum movement. Tracking the evolution from princely collections in Europe and the Enlightenment’s classically inspired temples of curiosities, via the public museums of the late nineteenth century, on to today’s global era oficonic buildings designed by the world’s leading architects, this book is a vital work for anyone seeking to understand the development of the museum into what it is today. Over the course of five chapters filled with stunning imagery that highlights the beauty of these venerated buildings, the origins of key institutions are revealed, including: Louvre Metropolitan Museum of Art British Museum Tate Modern The Hermitage Guggenheim Smithsonian Institute Acropolis Museum Also outlined are the motivations of the architects, curators and patrons who have shaped how we experience the modern museum, a cast that includes names such as King George II, Napoleon, Henry Clay Frick, Peggy Guggenheim, Andrew Carnegie, Alfred Barr, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Frank Gehry, Richard Rogers, Nicholas Serota and Zaha Hadid. By examining how these venues became intrinsic to our shared cultural experience, analysing the changing roles they play in society and questioning what the future holds in a digital age, this book is for anyone who has stood in awe at the spectacle of a museum.