Jeffrey Abt
Biographic Data
| ID | 5825537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey Abt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Abt |
| SIGNATURE | ABT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wayne State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Meyer Schapiro, the Jewish Museum, and Living Artists
Meyer Schapiro was among a handful of New York’s most prominent Jewish thinkers writing about modern art during the post-Second World War period, just as the international center of new art had shifted there from Paris. Unlike his contemporaries Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, however, Schapiro is thought to have “seldom” or only “subliminally” addressed questions of Jewish identity, suggesting that he avoided or suppressed the matter. Ye…
Rebecca DeRoo, The Museum Establishment and Contemporary Art
Museum
The Breasted‐Rockefeller Egyptian Museum Project
Toward a Historian's Laboratory
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago was begun in 1919 with a personal grant from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.1 However, what is now a renowned and permanent institution for ancient Near Eastern scholarship, began life as a temporary creation.2 Rockefeller's gift was for a five-year period only beyond which he would not extend his support. The formal pledge and annual allocations were made to the University of Chicago which, he believe…
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The Breasted‐Rockefeller Egyptian Museum Project
Toward a Historian's Laboratory
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago was begun in 1919 with a personal grant from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.1 However, what is now a renowned and permanent institution for ancient Near Eastern scholarship, began life as a temporary creation.2 Rockefeller's gift was for a five-year period only beyond which he would not extend his support. The formal pledge and annual allocations were made to the University of Chicago which, he believe…
Museum
Rebecca DeRoo, The Museum Establishment and Contemporary Art
Meyer Schapiro, the Jewish Museum, and Living Artists
Meyer Schapiro was among a handful of New York’s most prominent Jewish thinkers writing about modern art during the post-Second World War period, just as the international center of new art had shifted there from Paris. Unlike his contemporaries Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, however, Schapiro is thought to have “seldom” or only “subliminally” addressed questions of Jewish identity, suggesting that he avoided or suppressed the matter. Ye…
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