Edith Broun, "National Museum of American Art"
1995 | ISBN-10: 0937311200 | 279 pages | PDF | 54 MB
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The National Museum of American Art, dedicated to the art and artists who have contributed to our cultural heritage, provides insight into who we are as
a people. Originating in 1829 when the first objects were acquired for the future national collection, the extensive holdings now constitute an invaluable
record of our creativity, hopes, and concerns.
A measure of the size of the collections is the fact that this book can include only one percent of the museum's holdings. Even on the companion CD-
ROM, with its much greater capacity for both images and text, the number increases to only approximately three percent. These figures begin to suggest the
richness of the museum's collections, while at the same time implicitly cautioning against concluding that the works seen here provide a definitive overview
of American art...
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