Paris 1937

by James D. Herbert

This elegant and theoretically informed book, illustrated with forty-five photographs, explores the cultural significance of six exhibitions or new museum installations, all opening in Paris between mid-1937 and early 1938: the commercially oriented world's fair titled L'Exposition Internationale des Art et Techniques; the historical Musée des Monuments Français; the ethnographic Musée de l'Homme; two massive art retrospectives, one sponsored by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801434947
• ISBN13: 9780801434945
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher