The First Modern Museums of Art: The Birth of an Institution in 18th- and Early- 19th-Century Europe
Автор: [автор не указан] Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 368 ISBN: 1606061208 In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the first modern, public museums of arta??civic, state, or nationala??appeared throughout Europe, setting a standard for the nature of such institutions that has made its influence felt to the present day. Although the emergence of these museums was an international development, their shared history has not been systematically explored until now. Taking up that project, this volume includes chapters on fifteen of the earliest and still major examples, from the Capitoline Museum in Rome, opened in 1734, to the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, opened in 1836. These essays consider a number of issues, such as the nature, display, and growth of the museums’ collections and the role of the institutions in educating the public.A The introductory chapters by art historian Carole Paul, the volume’s editor, lay out the relationship among the various museums and discuss their evolution from private noble and royal collections to public institutions. In...
