Art, Education, and African-American Culture: Albert Barnes and the Science of P

Description: Art, Education, and African-American Culture by Mary Ann Meyers A physician who applied his knowledge of chemistry to the manufacture of a widely used antiseptic, Albert Barnes is best remembered as one of the great American art collectors FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A physician who applied his knowledge of chemistry to the manufacture of a widely used antiseptic, Albert Barnes is best remembered as one of the great American art collectors. The Barnes Foundation, which houses his treasures, is a fabled repository of Impressionist, post-Impressionist, and early modern paintings. Less well known is the fact that Barnes attributed his passion for collecting art to his youthful experience of African-American culture, especially music. Art, Education, and African-American Culture is both a biography of an iconoclastic and innovative figure and a study of the often-conflicted efforts of an emergent liberalism to seek out and showcase African American contributions to the American aesthetic tradition.Mary Ann Meyers examines Barness background and career and the development and evolution of his enthusiasm for collecting pictures and sculpture. She shows how Barness commitment to breaking down invidious distinctions and his use of the uniquely arranged works in his collection as textbooks for his school, created a milieu where masterpieces of European and American late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century painting, along with rare and beautiful African art objects, became a backdrop for endless feuding. A gallery requiring renovation, a trust prohibiting the loan or sale of a single picture, and the efforts of Lincoln University, known as the "black Princeton," to balance conflicting needs and obligations all conspired to create a legacy of legal entanglement and disputes that remain in contention.This volume is neither an idealized account of a quixotic do-gooder nor is it a critique of a crank. While fully documenting Barness notorious eccentricities along with the clashing interests of the main personalities associated with his Foundation, Meyers eschews moral posturing in favor of a rich mosaic of peoples and institutions that illustrate many of the larger themes of American culture in general and African-American culture in particular. Author Biography Mary Ann Meyers is secretary and a director of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and the senior fellow at the John Templeton Foundation. She is the author of A New World Jerusalem: The Swedenborgian Experience in Community Construction and a coauthor of Religion in American Life and Coping with Serious Illness. Table of Contents Introduction to the Paperback EditionAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Early Years2. Experiments in Education and Living3. The Collector and His Tutors4 Mr. Dewey5. "The Temple" in Merion6. The Art in Painting7. The Art of Polemics8. A New Valuation of Black Art9. Muse, Models, Museum10. The Dance11. Varieties of Aesthetic Experience12. Students and Teachers13. Penn Again14. The Last Alliance15. Postmortem16. Lincoln17. Neighbors18. EpilogueNotesIndex Review "Meyerss compelling and cogent analysis of the back story of the Barnes Foundation shines a bright light on the long-running debate over the proper place for one of the worlds most distinguished art collections.....Well written and provocative, [it] isa must read for anyone who would understand the present controversy - a work of importance." - Elijah Anderson, Charles and William L. Day Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania "This illumination of the character of Barnes, whose collection of Impressionist paintings is currently the focus of a lengthy legal struggle, helps us understand the significance of that outcome for all concerned about arts history.... Recommended." - Choice "Meyers biography [is]...the most complete, measured and scholarly portrait of Barnes to date." - The Pennsylvania Gazette "The author combines a researchers patience, a journalists eye, and a novelists timing in skillfully weaving the sociological, artistic, political, societal, and philosophical ingredients that comprise the story of the Barnes Foundation.... An engaging book for a long and leisurely... read." - School Arts Magazine" Long Description A physician who applied his knowledge of chemistry to the manufacture of a widely used antiseptic, Albert Barnes is best remembered as one of the great American art collectors. The Barnes Foundation, Which houses his treasures, is a fabled repository of Impressionist, post-Impressionist, and early modem paintings. Less well known is the fact that Barnes attributed his passion for collecting art to his youthful experience of African-American culture, especially music. "Art, Education, and African-American Culture is both a biography of an iconoclastic and innovative figure and a study of the often-conflicted efforts of an emergent liberalism to seek out and showcase African American contributions to the American aesthetic tradition. Mary Ann Meyers examines Barness background and career and the development and evolution of his enthusiasm for collecting pictures and sculpture. She shows how Barness commitment to breaking down invidious distinctions and his use of the uniquely arranged works in his collection as textbooks for his school, created a milieu where masterpieces of European and American late-nineteenth and early- twentieth century painting, along with rare and beautiful African art objects, became a backdrop for endless feuding. A gallery requiring renovation, a trust prohibiting the loan or sale of a single picture, and the efforts of Lincoln University, known as the "black Princeton," to balance conflicting needs and obligations all conspired to create a legacy of legal entanglement and disputes that remain in contention. This volume is neither an idealized account of a quixotic do-gooder nor is it a critique of a crank. While fully documenting Barness notoriouseccentricities along with the clashing interests of the main personalities associated with his Foundation, Meyers eschews moral posturing in favor of a rich mosaic of peoples and institutions that illustrate many of the larger themes of American culture in general and African-American culture in particular. Review Text "This illumination of the character of Barnes, whose collection of Impressionist paintings is currently the focus of a lengthy legal struggle, helps us understand the significance of that outcome for all concerned about arts history. Recommended." --Choice "Meyerss compelling and cogent analysis of the back story of the Barnes Foundation shines a bright light on the long-running debate over the proper place for one of the worlds most distinguished art collections..Well written and provocative, [it] is a must read for anyone who would understand the present controversy--a work of importance." --Elijah Anderson, Charles and William L. Day Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania "Meyers biography [is] the most complete, measured and scholarly portrait of Barnes to date." --The Pennsylvania Gazette "Mary Ann Meyers uses a journalists eye, and a novelists timing in skillfully weaving the sociological, artistic, political, societal and philosophical ingredients that comprise the saga of the Barnes Foundation. Dr. Meyers is exemplary in her scholarship and even-handedness in telling a story that relentlessly offers the temptation to take sides." --Frederick S. Osborne, President, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts "The author combines a researchers patience, a journalists eye, and a novelists timing in skillfully weaving the sociological, artistic, political, societal, and philosophical ingredients that comprise the story of the Barnes Foundation." --SchoolArts Review Quote "Mary Ann Meyers uses a journalists eye, and a novelists timing in skillfully weaving the sociological, artistic, political, societal and philosophical ingredients that comprise the saga of the Barnes Foundation. Dr. Meyers is exemplary in her scholarship and even-handedness in telling a story that relentlessly offers the temptation to lake sides." Details ISBN1412805635 Author Mary Ann Meyers Short Title ART EDUCATION & AFRICAN-AMER C Language English ISBN-10 1412805635 ISBN-13 9781412805636 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2006 Subtitle Albert Barnes and the Science of Philanthropy Illustrations black & white illustrations Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781412805636 AU Release Date 2006-01-03 NZ Release Date 2006-01-03 US Release Date 2006-01-03 UK Release Date 2006-01-03 Pages 482 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc Publication Date 2006-01-03 Alternative 9780765802149 DEWEY 700.92 Audience Undergraduate Imprint Routledge Place of Publication New York We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160019020;

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