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Book SynopsisMitchell B. Frank, Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University, Canada, is the author of German Romantic Painting Redefined (2001) and Central European Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada (2007). He co-edited German Art History and Scientific Thought (2012) and History and Art History: Looking Past Disciplines (2020). He is currently editor-in-chief of the Canadian art historical journal RACAR (Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review).
Trade ReviewA salutary reminder that museums were developing creative ways of engaging audiences beyond their walls decades before the internet. Frank's study of the Metropolitan's
Miniatures and
Seminars will interest not only historians of Cold War-era American culture, but all those in museums attempting to reconcile an inclusion agenda with commercial partnerships. * Jonathan Conlin, author of The Nation's Mantelpiece: A History of the National Gallery (2006) and Civilisation (2009) *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1.
The Metropolitan Miniatures: Culture and Commerce 2.
The Metropolitan Seminars: Middlebrow Culture 3. The Met and Art Education in Postwar America 4. Rembrandt’s
Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer: Reproduction and Quality 5. The Met, Popular Art Education, and the Problem of Abstract Art Appendices Bibliography Index
