A Guide to Art at the University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign, Robert Allerton Park, and Chicago

This lively photographic guidebook takes readers into the fascinating history of art patronage at the University of Illinois, from the first gallery's tentative beginnings in 1875 to collections now gracing campus museums and the everyday environment.

Placing her subjects in a social as well as art historical context, Muriel Scheinman provides engaging catalog entries that describe how various pieces came to the university and how critics, faculty, and students received them. She investiga...