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Capital Culture - J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience (Paperback)
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Capital Culture - J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience (Paperback)
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American art museums flourished in the late twentieth century, and
the impresario leading much of this growth was J. Carter Brown,
director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, from
1969 to 1992. Along with S. Dillon Ripley, who served as
Smithsonian secretary for much of this time, Brown reinvented the
museum experience in ways that had important consequences for the
cultural life of Washington and its visitors as well as for
American museums in general. In Capital Culture, distinguished
historian Neil Harris provides a wide-ranging look at Brown's
achievement and the growth of museum culture during this crucial
period. Harris combines his in-depth knowledge of American history
and culture with extensive archival research, and he has
interviewed dozens of key players to reveal how Brown's showmanship
transformed the National Gallery. At the time of the Cold War,
Washington itself was growing into a global destination, with Brown
as its devoted booster. Harris describes Brown's major role in the
birth of blockbuster exhibitions, such as the King Tut show of the
late 1970s and the National Gallery's immensely successful Treasure
Houses of Britain, which helped inspire similarly popular
exhibitions around the country. He recounts Brown's role in
creating the award-winning East Building by architect I. M. Pei and
the subsequent renovation of the West building. Harris also
explores the politics of exhibition planning, describing Brown's
courtship of corporate leaders, politicians, and international
dignitaries. In this monumental book Harris brings to life this
dynamic era and exposes the creation of Brown's impressive but
costly legacy, one that changed the face of American museums
forever.
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