Paris 1937 : : Worlds on Exhibition /

Paris 1937 : : Worlds on Exhibition / / James D. Herbert.

This elegant and theoretically informed book, illustrated with forty-five photographs, explores the cultural significance of six exhibitions or new museum installations, all opening in Paris between mid-1937 and early 1938: the commercially oriented world's fair titled L'Exposition Interna...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Herbert, James D.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1998
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 1 drawing, 45 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Global Speculations
  • PART ONE: THE TROCADÉRO
  • CHAPTER ONE: The View of the Esplanade
  • CHAPTER TWO: Gods in the Machine
  • ENTR'ACTE: POINT OF EXCHANGE
  • Art Appreciation
  • PART TWO: IN THE GALLERIES OF ART
  • CHAPTER THREE: The French Masterpiece
  • CHAPTER FOUR: Short Circuit
  • EPILOGUE
  • Jupiter Makes Wise Those He Would Lose
  • Notes
  • Index

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