Art, education, & African-American culture; Albert Barnes and the science of philanthropy.1412805635 Art, education, & African-American culture; Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) was an American theologian, born at Rome, New York, on December 1, 1798. and the science of philanthropy. Meyers, Mary Ann. Transaction Publishers 2006 453 pages $29.95 Paperback N5220 Meyers (American Academy of Political and Social Science The American Academy of Political and Social Science was founded in 1889 to promote progress in the social sciences. Sparked by Professor Edmund J. James[1] and drawing from members of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, and Bryn Mawr ) provides a biography of physician and art collector Albert Barnes (1872-1951). She traces his education and career, his role as an art patron and collector, his relationship with his wife, and the cause he supported: public recognition of the cultural contributions of African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. . The new introduction to the paperback edition gives the details of the recent court battle regarding the collection of the Barnes Foundation Barnes Foundation, museum in Merion, Pa. Founded in 1922, it houses the impressive art collection amassed by Albert Coombs Barnes, 1872–1951, a wealthy Philadelphia physician, patent-medicine inventor, and pharmaceutical manufacturer. . ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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