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1 online resource (320 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: Setting the Scene; 1. Childhood: Munich, Art, and Hitler; 2. New York: Stieglitz, Rheingold, and 57th Street; 3. Chicago to Pomona: New Bauhaus and Early Career; 4. Back in New York: Inside MoMA; 5. MoMA Exhibitions: From New Images of Man to Alberto Giacometti; 6. POP Goes the Art World: Departure from New York; 7. Berkeley: Politics, Funk, Sex, and Finances; 8. Students, Colleagues, and Controversy; 9. A Career in Retirement: Returning to Early Themes and Passions; 10. A Conclusion: Looking at Kentridge and Warhol; Notes |
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Selected Bibliography and Exhibition HistoryAcknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Summary |
This absorbing biography, often conveyed through Peter Selz's own words, traces the journey of a Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler's Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. Paul J. Karlstrom illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century as he describes Selz's extraordinary career-from Chicago's Institute of Design (New Bauhaus), to New York's Museum of Modern Art during the transformative 1960s, and as founding director of the University Art Museum at UC Berkeley. Karlstrom sheds light on the controversial view |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Selz, Peter, 1919-2019
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| SUBJECT |
Selz, Peter, 1919-2019 fast |
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Art historians -- United States -- Biography
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Art critics -- United States -- Biography
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Art museum curators -- United States -- Biography
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ART -- Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions -- Permanent Collections.
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ART -- Museum Studies.
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General.
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Art critics
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Art historians
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Art museum curators
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Karlstrom, Ann
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| ISBN |
9780520949867 |
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0520949862 |
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1280099259 |
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9781280099250 |
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