Inner Sanctum : ; Memory and Meaning in Princeton's Faculty Room at Nassau Hall

by Kusserow, Karl; Shirley A. Tilghman

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Princeton University Press. New. Hardcover. Orderbook - wwb -----http: //www.worldwide-artbooks.com/wwb_detailList. Php? UserReference= --- INNER SANCTUM: MEMORY AND MEANING IN PRINCETON S FACULTY ROOM AT NASSAU HALL. Ed. By Karl Kusserow. Princeton University Art Museum, 2010. Distributed by Princeton University Press. 128 pp. With 70 ills. (50 col. ). 26 x 24 cm. LC 2010-922941 ISBN 9780691148618 In English. Exploring the history, function and symbolism of the Faculty Room at Princeton University, a space that had been used variously as a prayer hall, library, and museum until being repurposed in 1906 as a room for executive and ceremonial use and as a gallery for a collection of portrait paintings depicting University founders, American presidents, British monarchs, scholars and other luminaries, this volume is published on the occasion of a related exhibition mounted within the Faculty Room itself, and includes essays examining the significance of the portraits, the building s historic architecture, and issues related to race and memory. Indexing: Western United States Several Periods Painting, Several Media Plans: 75,71 Worldwide Number: 072764 Hardcover $40.00x99 / CHANGE0722022; *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 128 pages; 70 illus. -- with a bonus offer--; /p /i Inner Sanctum /i takes readers inside the Faculty Room of Princeton Univ

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2010
• Binding: hardcover

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