Making and Meaning: The Frances and Lehman Loeb Art Center of Vassar College Collections
Elizabeth Nogrady and Alyx Raz
Rs. 4,528.00
Beautifully designed, the book reveals the stories behind the collection of Vassar College art museum.
Making & Meaning features select works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center of Vassar College, located in Poughkeepsie, New York. Through illustrated essays and entries, as well as poetry and a timeline, this book reveals the profound richness of a collection extending from antiquity to the present day.
Showcasing a wide variety of artistic work and contributions, the volume explores paintings, prints, photographs, decorative arts, and sculptures from this stunning collection. Written by Vassar curators, faculty, community partners, students and art historians, the texts demonstrate how the art museum at Vassar originated in 1864 and now stands, like many American academic museums, at the forefront of the rapidly evolving museum field.
Making & Meaning features select works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center of Vassar College, located in Poughkeepsie, New York. Through illustrated essays and entries, as well as poetry and a timeline, this book reveals the profound richness of a collection extending from antiquity to the present day.
Showcasing a wide variety of artistic work and contributions, the volume explores paintings, prints, photographs, decorative arts, and sculptures from this stunning collection. Written by Vassar curators, faculty, community partners, students and art historians, the texts demonstrate how the art museum at Vassar originated in 1864 and now stands, like many American academic museums, at the forefront of the rapidly evolving museum field.
Elizabeth Nogrady was the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programs at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, from 2014 to 2022.
Alyx Raz is a Curatorial Associate at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and a PhD candidate in English at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York.
Publisher
Hirmer
ISBN
9783777441726
Binding
Paperback with flaps
Page Extent
248
Weight (kg)
1.16
Height (in)
10
Width (in)
9.02
Subject
Art
, Art Reference, History & Theory
Published Date
03
/ 08
/ 2023
Size Guide
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