Art, education, & African-American culture
Subtitle: Albert Barnes and the science of philanthropy
By: Mary Ann Meyers.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Barnes, Albert C. -- 1872-1951.; Barnes, Albert C. -- 1872-1951 -- Knowledge -- African American arts.; Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Art, education, and African-American culture.; Albert Barnes and the science of philanthropy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-436) and index.
Table of contents: title: The early years; title: Experiments in education and living; title: The collector and his tutors; title: Mr. Dewey; title: "The temple" in Merion; title: The art in painting; title: The art of polemics; title: A new valuation of black art; title: Muse, models, museum; title: The dance; title: Varieties of aesthetic experience; title: Students and teachers; title: Penn again; title: The last alliance; title: Postmortem; title: Lincoln; title: Neighbors; title: Epilogue.