A Wise Extravagance: Founding of the Carnegie International Exhibitions, 1895-1901 - Hardcover

Neal, Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822939258 ISBN 13: 9780822939252

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996

Synopsis

"Not only is the material original and the book one that promises to be useful to scholars, but also the literary handling of the material is of an order far beyond what one usually finds -- one can actually read this text with pleasure". Henry Adams, author of Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original

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Review

Not only is the material original and the book one that promises to be useful to scholars, but also the literary handling of the material is of an order far beyond what one usually finds-one can actually read this text with pleasure. Henry Adams, author of "Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original"" Art historian Kenneth Neal's A Wise Extravagance chronicles the first six years of the enterprise's history. . . in a lively, spirited manner. Very well written and a fascinating account, [the book] relates the institution and the exhibition series to the social and intellectual context of their day, and to the ambitions, predilecitons, and personalities of the key players involved. Vivid depictions: the city of Pittsburgh, the angry artists, the miffy critics. Vivid the sense that even today so little has really changed. . . . Part of the pleasure . . . is the way in which each topic is brought so energetically to life anecdotal, sparkling thread-togethers of the dusty records brought to life. " New Art Examiner"" "Not only is the material original and the book one that promises to be useful to scholars, but also the literary handling of the material is of an order far beyond what one usually finds-one can actually read this text with pleasure."--Henry Adams, author of "Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original" "Art historian Kenneth Neal's A Wise Extravagance chronicles the first six years of the enterprise's history. . . in a lively, spirited manner. Very well written and a fascinating account, [the book] relates the institution and the exhibition series to the social and intellectual context of their day, and to the ambitions, predilecitons, and personalities of the key players involved. Vivid depictions: the city of Pittsburgh, the angry artists, the miffy critics. Vivid the sense that even today so little has really changed. . . . Part of the pleasure . . . is the way in which each topic is brought so energetically to life--anecdotal, sparkling thread-togethers of the dusty records brought to life.""--New Art Examiner"

Synopsis

Tracing how the Carnegie International came to be, this text examines the philosophy of those who founded it, the first exhibitions - the art, the artists, and the public reception - and what the early International meant to the world of art and to the development of the Carnegie Museum.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0822939258
• ISBN 13: 9780822939252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 285