Capital culture : J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the reinvention of the museum experience

Capital culture : J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the reinvention of the museum experience / Neil Harris.

Author/creator	Harris, Neil, 1938- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Copyright Notice	©2013
Description	608 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Brown, J. Carter (John Carter), 1934-2002. National Gallery of Art (U.S.)--History.

Contents	Becoming Carter Brown -- The National Gallery : directions and deviations -- Stalking the prey : the quest for old masters -- The secretary arrives : Dillon Ripley and the Smithsonian challenge -- Reinventing the National Gallery : creating the East Building -- "What hath Brown wrought?" -- Presenting King Tut -- Trouble in paradise : the light that failed -- Exhibiting strategies -- The secretary carries on : consolidating Dillon Ripley's administration -- Minister of Culture : shaping Washington -- "Treasure houses of Britain" : the anatomy of an exhibition -- Campaigns and conquests -- Goodbye Columbus : celebrating the quincentenary -- Retirement projects.
Abstract	Traces the career of J. Carter Brown, who changed perceptions of museums by developing new exhibits and and experiences while working as the director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2013016602
ISBN	9780226067704 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN	022606770X (cloth : alkaline paper)

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