Overview
- Summary
- "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.
- Variant Title
- Paul J. Sachs and the Museum Course at Harvard
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Los Angeles : Getty Research Institute, [2018]
- Locale
- Massachusetts
Cambridge
USA - Contents
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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. - Notes
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"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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781606065693
1606065696 - Physical Description
- ix, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- 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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