By Arnold Aronson

With Essays by Derek E. Ostergard
and Matthew Wilson Smith




CONTENTS

Foreword,  David Rosand vii
Preface,  Jean Ashton ix
Architect of Dreams: The Theatrical vision of Joseph Urban,  Arnold Aronson 1
Assimilation and Eclecticism: The Architecture of Joseph Urban, Derek E. Ostergard 39
Joseph Urban and the Birth of American Film Design, Matthew Wilson Smith 48
The Joseph Urban Collection: An Overview, Gwynedd Cannan 56
Checklist of the Exhibition 59

See also: Joseph Urban Access and Stabilization Project




This online publication is adapted from the printed catalogue:
ARCHITECT OF DREAMS. NEW YORK: THE MIRIAM AND IRA D. WALLACH ART GALLERY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 2000.   
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