Capital culture : J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the reinvention of the museum experience / Neil Harris.

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    • Content Notes:
      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.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-577) and index.
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    • ISBN:
      9780226067704 (cloth : alk. paper) :
      022606770X (cloth : alk. paper)
    • Accession Number:
      2013016602
    • Accession Number:
      843010401
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.557304