{"product_id":"the-met-and-the-masses-mitchell-frank-9781350277274","title":"The Met and the Masses in Postwar America: A Study of the Museum and Popular Art Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the collaborations, during the mid-20th century, between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Book-of-the-Month Club. Between 1948 and 1962 the two institutions collaborated on three book projects-\u003ci\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art Miniatures\u003c\/i\u003e (1948-1957), \u003ci\u003eThe Metropolitan Seminars in Art\u003c\/i\u003e (1958-60), and a print reproduction of Rembrandt's \u003ci\u003eAristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer\u003c\/i\u003e (1962)-bringing art from the Met's collections right into the homes of subscribers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Met and the Masses \u003c\/i\u003eplaces these commercial enterprises in a variety of contemporary and historical contexts, including the relation of cultural education to democracy in America, the history of the Met as an educational institution, the rise of art education in postwar America, and the concurrent transformation of the home into a space that mediated familial privacy and the public sphere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing never before published archival material, the book demonstrates how the Met sought to bring art to the masses in postwar America, whilst upholding its reputation as an institution of high culture. It is essential reading for scholars, researchers and curators interested in the history of modern art, museum and curatorial studies, arts and cultural management, heritage studies, as well as the history of art publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mitchell Frank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350277274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350277274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Mitchell Frank","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071410139391,"sku":"9781350277274","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58a993a6-7511-45fb-87af-5ae071547dda.jpg?v=1685435932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-met-and-the-masses-mitchell-frank-9781350277274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}