Double vision : the unerring eye of art world avatars Dominique and John de Menil /
"The first and definitive biography of the celebrated collectors Dominique and John de Menil, who became one of the greatest cultural forces of the twentieth century through groundbreaking exhibits of art, artistic scholarship, the creation of innovative galleries and museums, and work with civ...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1. The Museum Imagined
- 1. Fanfare
- Part 2. The Old World
- 2. A Family Château
- 3. A Protestant Dynasty
- 4. Return to France
- 5. Foreign Affairs
- 6. Honor and Sacrifice
- 7. Monsieur le Baron
- 8. At First Sight
- 9. Une Jeunesse
- 10. Horizons Broadened
- 11. A Shared Life
- 12. Engaged
- Part 3. War
- 13. Drôle de Guerre
- 14. The Debacle
- 15. Landings
- 16. Postwar
- Part 4. New Frontiers
- 17. Home
- 18. Nail Hit This Time
- 19. The Sky Is the Limit
- 20. A Big Splash
- 21. Worth the Candle
- 22. Nothing and Everything
- 23. Faith Can Be Alive
- Part 5. A Very Strong Woman
- 24. Aftermath
- 25. What Now?
- 26. Other Voices, Other Lands
- 27. Toward a New Museum
- 28. Global Visions
- 29. A Museum with Walls
- 30. From Civil Rights to Human Rights
- 31. Byzantium
- 32. A New Generation
- 33. Un Acte Final
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index