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" Capital culture : "
Neil Harris.
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BL
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612691
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Harris, Neil,1938-
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Capital culture : : J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the reinvention of the museum experience /\ Neil Harris.
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608 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9780226067704
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: 022606770X
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9780226067841
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Becoming Carter Brown -- The National Gallery : directions and deviations -- Stalking the prey : the quest for old masters -- The secretary arrives : Dillon Ripley and the Smithsonian challenge -- Reinventing the National Gallery : creating the East Building -- "What hath Brown wrought?" -- Presenting King Tut -- Trouble in paradise : the light that failed -- Exhibiting strategies -- The secretary carries on : consolidating Dillon Ripley's administration -- Minister of Culture : shaping Washington -- "Treasure houses of Britain" : the anatomy of an exhibition -- Campaigns and conquests -- Goodbye Columbus : celebrating the quincentenary -- Retirement projects.
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Brown, J. Carter, (John Carter),1934-2002.
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National Gallery of Art (U.S.)-- History.
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