J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the reinvention of the museum experience /
Neil Harris.
608 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.