Three Centuries of American Art in 1938 was the Museum of Modern Art’s first international exhibition. With over 750 artworks on view in Paris, it was the most comprehensive display of American art to date in Europe and an important contributor to the internationalization of American art. MoMA Goes to Paris in 1938 explores how, at a time when the concept of artworks as “masterpieces” was very much up for debate, the exhibition expressed a vision of American art and culture that was not simply the rearticulation of prior surveys but an attempt at a new formulation. Caroline M. Riley demonstrates that the exhibition was not purely an art historical endeavor, but the work of nation building at the brink of international war in the politically turbulent 1930s, and the development of the idea that works of art can be diplomatic tools.
By:
Caroline M. Riley
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.089kg
ISBN: 9780520386914
ISBN 10: 0520386914
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 06 April 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. What Was Three Centuries of American Art? 2. Loaning across Oceans: Symbolism, Risk, and Value 3. Creating a Contemporary American Art History across Centuries 4. Art on Paper Conclusion Appendix: Tables of Artworks Included in Three Centuries of American Art List of Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
Caroline M. Riley is Research Associate in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of California, Davis. A curator and academic, she is a historian of American visual culture in a global context.
Reviews for MoMA Goes to Paris in 1938: Building and Politicizing American Art
"""A detailed account of the many contingencies and the vast efforts, planning and negotiation required to stage an exhibition, particularly one on this scale and with an international venue. . . . An impressively thorough account."" * Early Popular Visual Culture *"
