An undergraduate's experience of fine arts at Harvard in the 1920s

Author

Warburg, Edward M. M.

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Early years of art history in the United States : notes and essays on departments, teaching, and scholars

Author (monograph)

Smyth, Craig Hugh (Editor, Collective Author); Lukehart, Peter M. (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Early years of art history in the United States : notes and essays on departments, teaching, and scholars. 1993, 43-46, ill.

Publisher

Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, Princeton (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

A member of the class of 1930 reports a lack of contact between undergraduates and professors and instructors at Harvard in his time, but mentions three people as positive forces in education in fine arts: Paul Sachs, Agnes Mongan, and Lincoln Kirstein (a classmate).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United States
• Art history
• Teaching
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Harvard University||Cambridge (MA, USA)
• Sachs, Paul Joseph, 1878-1965
• Fine arts

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- États-Unis
• Histoire de l'art
• Enseignement
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Harvard University||Cambridge (MA, USA)
• Sachs, Paul Joseph, 1878-1965
• Beaux-Arts

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00344737

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