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European Painting and Sculpture, Ca. 1770-1937, in the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
This documents the distinguished collection of European art—from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries—that forms a significant part of the collections belonging to the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. This book includes stunning canvases by Gericault, Delacroix, Degas, Manet, Monet, Cezanne, Renoir, Picasso, and Matisse. What makes the collection so noteworthy are the extraordinary works by unknown artists and the unknown works by known artists.
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Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Catalog of an exhibition of drawings by European and American Old Masters held at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art including Bandinelli, Brueghel, de Wit, El Lissitzky, Gainsborough, Rembrandt, Rosenquist, Tiepolo and others.
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Selection VII
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Why Art Museums?
Alexander Dorner's radical ideas about the purpose of museums and art, examined through his tenure as Director of the RISD Museum. Alexander Dorner (1893–1957) became Director of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum in 1938, and immediately began a radical makeover of the galleries, drawing on theories he had developed in collaboration with modernist artists during his directorship of the Provinzialmuseum in Hanover, Germany. Dorner's saturated environments sought to inspire wonderment and awe, immersing the museum visitor in the look and feel of a given period. Music, literature, and gallery talks (offered through a pioneering audio system) attempted to recreate the complex worlds in ...
