Historic International Exhibitions

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Topical Information: Historic International Exhibitions

From Resource Library in chronological order and from other web sites:

Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 (Chicago World's Fair)

from other web sites:

World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath, from University of Virginia
World's Columbian Exposition by Bruce R. Schulman
World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 by Illinois Institute of Technology

Universal Exposition of 1900, Paris, France

from other web sites:

American visions at the Paris Exposition, 1900: another look at Frances Benjamin Johnston's Hampton photographs. Fall, 1998 by Jeannene M. Przyblyski from Art Journal
Paris Universal Exposition, 1900 from Cornell University Library

Armory Show of 1913 (International Exhibition of Modern Art) New York

from other web sites:

1913 Armory Show from University of Virginia
The Armory Show by Linda Larson
The New York Armory Show of 1913 from AskArt.com

Panama-Pacific Exhibition of 1915 (San Francisco)

see Society of Six

from other web sites:

The 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition of San Francisco, from AskArt.com
An Art-Lover's Guide to the Exposition, by Sheldon Cheney (reprint of an entire book covering the San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition of 1915)
The Art of the Exposition, by Eugen Neuhaus (reprint of an entire book covering the San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition of 1915)
The Sculpture And Mural Decorations Of The Exposition, by Stella George Stern Perry (reprint of an entire book covering the San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition of 1915);

Panama-California Exposition of 1915 (San Diego)

from other web sites:

Panama-California Exposition from San Diego Historical Society

Century of Progress International Exposition of 1933-34 (Chicago World's Fair)

Tunis Ponsen: essay by Susan S. Weininger (12/22/05) see page 6

from other web sites:

A Century of Progress International Exposition from the Chicago Historical Society

TFAO also suggests this video:

Loss of Innocence: Paris and New York in the Early 20th Century, The. The International Exhibition of Modern Art of 1913 offered to the American public its introduction to the avant garde art of Europe. Informally called the Armory Show because it was held in a military armory, this exhibition attracted huge crowds encouraging a wide range of criticism and viewpoints. Critics labeled the Cubist works primitive and hard to understand, while there was grudging respect for the cleverness of the compositions and their intellectual control. The most radical American artist was John Sloan of the Ashcan School while, Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase became the key work of the exhibition. Lecturer: Wanda Corn (Stanford Univ.). Dist.: Chip Taylor Communications. 1998. 60 min. Video/C 7278 from Media Resources Center, Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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As of 9/26/05 TFAO Digital Library contained 39 pages referencing "Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893," 86 pages referencing "Universal Exposition of 1900," 25 pages referencing "Panama-California Exposition," 67 pages referencing "Panama-Pacific Exhibition" and 116 pages referencing "Armory Show "

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