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Collective Expressions: The Barnes Foundation and Philadelphia

Wexler, Thomas
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1383558977

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2013, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, American Culture Studies.
In three chapters I propose to show that the American art collector Dr. Albert Coombs Barnes simultaneously amassed a major collection of modern European and ancient African art during the first half of the twentieth-century and worked consistently as an advocate for racial, social and educational reform in the United States. In conjunction with this collection and advocacy Barnes also originated a characteristic method for the analysis and understanding of painting that was dedicated to the service of these egalitarian social ideals. Now that the Barnes Foundation, the institution dedicated to preserving this collection and the social mission behind it has been relocated from Merion, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia and opened to the public, I argue that it is essential the Foundation continue to document and teach Barnes' original theories concerning art and social action to visitors from around the world.
Andrew Hershberger, Dr. (Advisor)
Jolie Sheffer, Dr. (Committee Member)
88 p.
Aesthetics; American Studies; Art History
Art; Art History; American Culture Studies; American Studies; Modern Art; Matisse; Modigliani; Picasso; The Barnes Foundation; The Harlem Renaissance

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  • Wexler, T. (2013). Collective Expressions: The Barnes Foundation and Philadelphia [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1383558977

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wexler, Thomas. Collective Expressions: The Barnes Foundation and Philadelphia. 2013. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1383558977.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wexler, Thomas. "Collective Expressions: The Barnes Foundation and Philadelphia." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1383558977

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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