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[[Image:Dorner_Alexander_The_Way_Beyond_Art.jpg|thumb|258px|''The Way Beyond 'Art' '', 1947; rev. ed., 1958, [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18179 Log], [[Media:Dorner_Alexander_The_Way_Beyond_Art_1958.pdf|PDF]].]].
 
'''Alexander Dorner''' (1893, Königsberg - 1957, Naples) was a museum director and professor of art history at Brown University and Bennington College.  
 
'''Alexander Dorner''' (1893, Königsberg - 1957, Naples) was a museum director and professor of art history at Brown University and Bennington College.  
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
* ''The Way Beyond 'Art': The Work of Herbert Bayer'', intro. John Dewey, New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, 1947, 244 pp; rev.ed. as ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18179 The Way Beyond 'Art']'', New York: New York University Press, 1958, 154 pp. The section on Bayer is not included in the revised edition. Reviews: [http://sci-hub.cc/10.2307/425816 Tomas] (JAAC), [http://sci-hub.cc/10.1080/00043079.1947.11408468 Boas] (Art Bulletin). Commentary: [http://sci-hub.cc/10.2307/772893 Cauman] (College Art J). {{en}}
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* ''The Way Beyond 'Art': The Work of Herbert Bayer'', intro. John Dewey, New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, 1947, 244 pp; rev.ed. as ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18179 The Way Beyond 'Art']'', New York: New York University Press, 1958, 154 pp. The section on Bayer is not included in the revised edition. Reviews: [http://sci-hub.cc/10.2307/425816 Tomas] (JAAC), [http://sci-hub.cc/10.1080/00043079.1947.11408468 Boas] (Art Bulletin). Commentary: [http://sci-hub.cc/10.2307/772893 Cauman] (College Art J), [https://monoskop.org/images/6/66/Uchill_Rebecca_K_2015_PhD_Developing_Experience_Alexander_Dorners_Exhibitions.pdf#page=189 Uchill]. {{en}}
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
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* Monika Flacke, ''Museumskonzeptionen in der Weimarer Republik: die Tätigkeit Alexander Dorners im Provinzialmuseum Hannover'', Marburg: Jonas, 1985. {{de}}
 
* Monika Flacke, ''Museumskonzeptionen in der Weimarer Republik: die Tätigkeit Alexander Dorners im Provinzialmuseum Hannover'', Marburg: Jonas, 1985. {{de}}
 
* Monika Flacke, "Alexander Dorner" in ''Avantgarde und Publikum: zur Rezeption avantagardistischer Kunst in Deutschland, 1905-1933'', ed. Henricke Junge, Vienna: Böhler, 1992, pp 51-58. {{de}}
 
* Monika Flacke, "Alexander Dorner" in ''Avantgarde und Publikum: zur Rezeption avantagardistischer Kunst in Deutschland, 1905-1933'', ed. Henricke Junge, Vienna: Böhler, 1992, pp 51-58. {{de}}
* Ockman, Joan, "The Road Not Taken: Alexander Dorner's Way Beyond 'Art'", in ''Autonomy and Ideology: Positioning an Avant-garde in America'', ed. Robert Somol, New York: Monacceli Press, 1997. {{en}}
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* Joan Ockman, "The Road Not Taken: Alexander Dorner's Way Beyond 'Art'", in ''Autonomy and Ideology: Positioning an Avant-garde in America'', ed. Robert Somol, New York: Monacceli Press, 1997. {{en}}
 
* Ulrike Wendland, ''Biographisches Handbuch deutschsprachiger Kunsthistoriker im Exil: Leben und Werk der unter dem Nationalsozialismus verfolgten und vertriebenen Wissenschaftler, 1'', Munich: Saur, 1999, pp 123-127. {{de}}
 
* Ulrike Wendland, ''Biographisches Handbuch deutschsprachiger Kunsthistoriker im Exil: Leben und Werk der unter dem Nationalsozialismus verfolgten und vertriebenen Wissenschaftler, 1'', Munich: Saur, 1999, pp 123-127. {{de}}
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* Rebecca K. Uchill, ''[[Media:Uchill_Rebecca_K_2015_PhD_Developing_Experience_Alexander_Dorners_Exhibitions.pdf|Developing Experience: Alexander Dorner's Exhibitions, from Weimar Republic Germany to the Cold War United States]]'', Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 2015, 446. PhD dissertation. {{en}}
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* Rebecca Uchill, [[Media:Uchill_Rebecca_2015_Original_und_Reproduktion_Alexander_Dorner_and_the_Reproduction_of_Art_Experience.pdf|"''Original und Reproduktion'': Alexander Dorner and the (Re)production of Art Experience"]], ''Future Anterior'' 12:2, Winter 2015, pp 12-37. {{en}}
  
 
; Bibliography
 
; Bibliography
* "Bibliography of Alexander Dorner's Works",  in, Cauman, ''The Living Museum'', 1958, p 211.
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* "Bibliography of Alexander Dorner's Works",  in Cauman, ''The Living Museum'', 1958, p 211.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
* [https://dictionaryofarthistorians.org/dornera.htm Biography in Dictionary of Art Historians]
 
* [https://dictionaryofarthistorians.org/dornera.htm Biography in Dictionary of Art Historians]

Revision as of 21:38, 8 January 2017

The Way Beyond 'Art' , 1947; rev. ed., 1958, Log, PDF.

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Alexander Dorner (1893, Königsberg - 1957, Naples) was a museum director and professor of art history at Brown University and Bennington College.

Publications

  • The Way Beyond 'Art': The Work of Herbert Bayer, intro. John Dewey, New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, 1947, 244 pp; rev.ed. as The Way Beyond 'Art', New York: New York University Press, 1958, 154 pp. The section on Bayer is not included in the revised edition. Reviews: Tomas (JAAC), Boas (Art Bulletin). Commentary: Cauman (College Art J), Uchill. (English)

Literature

  • Samuel Cauman, The Living Museum: Experiences of an Art Historian and Museum Director, Alexander Dorner, New York: New York University Press, 1958. Contains conflicting biographical information. (English)
  • Monika Flacke, Museumskonzeptionen in der Weimarer Republik: die Tätigkeit Alexander Dorners im Provinzialmuseum Hannover, Marburg: Jonas, 1985. (German)
  • Monika Flacke, "Alexander Dorner" in Avantgarde und Publikum: zur Rezeption avantagardistischer Kunst in Deutschland, 1905-1933, ed. Henricke Junge, Vienna: Böhler, 1992, pp 51-58. (German)
  • Joan Ockman, "The Road Not Taken: Alexander Dorner's Way Beyond 'Art'", in Autonomy and Ideology: Positioning an Avant-garde in America, ed. Robert Somol, New York: Monacceli Press, 1997. (English)
  • Ulrike Wendland, Biographisches Handbuch deutschsprachiger Kunsthistoriker im Exil: Leben und Werk der unter dem Nationalsozialismus verfolgten und vertriebenen Wissenschaftler, 1, Munich: Saur, 1999, pp 123-127. (German)
  • Rebecca K. Uchill, Developing Experience: Alexander Dorner's Exhibitions, from Weimar Republic Germany to the Cold War United States, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 2015, 446. PhD dissertation. (English)
  • Rebecca Uchill, "Original und Reproduktion: Alexander Dorner and the (Re)production of Art Experience", Future Anterior 12:2, Winter 2015, pp 12-37. (English)
Bibliography
  • "Bibliography of Alexander Dorner's Works", in Cauman, The Living Museum, 1958, p 211.

Links