This book was produced in commemoration of the opening of the new Asian Art Museum in San Francisco in 2003.
'Celebrating the museum's stunning new home, Bridges to Understanding showcases both the beauty of the building and the depth of the collection, highlighting many of the treasures that could not previously be displayed. Exploring the museum's role in promoting cross-cultural understanding, the text interweaves the history of the museum with the history of the city. It delves into the development, construction, renovation of the building, which retains such historic features such as a monumental beaux arts staircase while adding a dramatic indoor/outdoor escalator, a new third level, and signature V-shaped skylights that illuminate an indoor courtyard designed by the architect on the model of an Italian piazza.' (excerpts from front flap)
Includes a chronology of exhibitions organised by or shown at the Asian Art Museum from 1967 to 2001.
'Celebrating the museum's stunning new home, Bridges to Understanding showcases both the beauty of the building and the depth of the collection, highlighting many of the treasures that could not previously be displayed. Exploring the museum's role in promoting cross-cultural understanding, the text interweaves the history of the museum with the history of the city. It delves into the development, construction, renovation of the building, which retains such historic features such as a monumental beaux arts staircase while adding a dramatic indoor/outdoor escalator, a new third level, and signature V-shaped skylights that illuminate an indoor courtyard designed by the architect on the model of an Italian piazza.' (excerpts from front flap)
Includes a chronology of exhibitions organised by or shown at the Asian Art Museum from 1967 to 2001.
Access level
Onsite
publisher
editor
Location code
REF.AAM2
Language
English
Keyword
architecture,  museum studies,  art collection
Publication/Creation date
2003
Edition
First
No of pages
223
ISBN / ISSN
0939117193
No of copies
1
Content type
anthology
Chapter headings
A City Museum
A New Home for Asian Art
Into the Galleries
Into the Future
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