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The art of curating : Paul J. Sachs and the Museum Course at Harvard / Sally Anne Duncan and Andrew McClellan.

Publication | Library Call Number: N408 .D86 2018

"Traces how the Museum Course, a yearlong program offered by Paul J. Sachs through Harvard University's Fine Arts Department, shaped the curatorial profession and established modern principles of museum management in the formative decades of the twentieth century."--Provided by publisher.

Book cover

Variant Title: Paul J. Sachs and the Museum Course at Harvard
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Duncan, Sally Anne, 1945-2007, author.
Published: Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, [2018]
Locale: Massachusetts
Cambridge
USA
Language: English

Physical Description: ix, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Contents: Introduction
Paul J. Sachs: From the art of business to the business of art
Origins and contexts of the Museum Course
Museum Course
Students
Later years and legacy.
Other Authors/Editors: McClellan, Andrew, author.
Getty Research Institute, issuing body.
ISBN: 9781606065693
1606065696
Notes: "Traces how the Museum Course, a yearlong program offered by Paul J. Sachs through Harvard University's Fine Arts Department, shaped the curatorial profession and established modern principles of museum management in the formative decades of the twentieth century."--Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Paul J. Sachs: From the art of business to the business of art -- Origins and contexts of the Museum Course -- Museum Course -- Students -- Later years and legacy.
Subjects: Curatorship--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--Cambridge--History--20th century.
Museums--Management--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--Cambridge--History--20th century.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education--Curricula.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Massachusetts--Cambridge.
20.12 art museums.
Ausbildung
Curriculum
Kurator
Lehre
Lehrtätigkeit
Management
Museum
Museumskunde
Studium
USA
Conservation (Muséologie)--Étude et enseignement (Supérieur)--Histoire--20e siècle.
Musée--Gestion--Étude et enseignement (Supérieur)--Massachusetts--Cambridge--Histoire--20e siècle.
History.
Sachs, Paul J.--(Paul Joseph),--1878-1965--Influence.
Sachs, Paul J.--(Paul Joseph),--1878-1965.
Sachs, Paul J.--1878-1965
Harvard University.--Department of Fine Arts--Curricula--History--20th century.
Harvard University.--Department of Fine Arts.
Fogg Art Museum
Harvard University.--Department of Fine Arts--Programmes d'études--Histoire--20e siècle.
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