The Collections: The University of Texas at Austin
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (837 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1477307850 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 720 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Previously she served as deputy and then interim director of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. Her publications include Landmarks, The University of Texas at Austin and Susan Unterberg: A Retrospective. Andrée Bober is the founding director of Landmarks, the public art program of the University of Texas at Austin
Believing that a strong academic enterprise welcomes and thrives upon collections, the University of Texas at Austin has long been one of the world’s distinguished collecting universities. Included in the book is a historical introduction by Lewis Gould that traces the formation of the collections and acknowledges many people whose visions are manifest in these material resources.. It introduces some eighty discrete collections by outlining their histories, highlighting their strengths, and suggesting their educational functions.Andrée Bober conceived this survey and organized more than three hundred individuals to lend their expertise. Its holdings, spanning more than 170 million objects, result from research and pedagogical interests that cover a radical range of subjects—archaeology, ethnography, fine an
About the Author Andrée Bober is the founding director of Landmarks, the public art program of the University of Texas at Austin. Her publications include Landmarks, The University of Texas at Austin and Susan Unterberg: A Retrospective. Previously she served as deputy and then interim director of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati.
"Beautiful book!" according to Sally Whitman Coleman. This is a great book. It is beautifully designed and well-written. It is impressive and inspiring to see so many of the treasures on campus at UT. I can spend hours with this book. I surely will buy a few copies this year for holiday gifts.. "Major Disappointment" according to Harold Billings. This is a major disappointment. For such a huge book there appears to be more white space than text or illustration, and the many illustrations provide the chief value to the work. Where is the subject index? There appear to be more subdivisions devoted to "collections" in the Bris. So Much Mr. Bober had to leave out. T. Lynn Brown So Much Mr. Bober had to leave out. Any Longhorn will be proud to place this on the top of his stack of "coffee table" books after he has read it from cover to cover. Who knew all of this stuff existed and is expertly curated and available for scholars to use?