Cathedrals of Urban Modernity: The First Museums of Contemporary Art, 1800-1930

ISBN-13: 9781138320475 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 322 str.

J. Pedro Lorente

Opis

First published in 1998, this volume explores the expanding wave of a new kind of museums of contemporary art in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Spis treści

1. New Kinds of Museums in the Nineteenth Century: the ‘Cathedrals of Urban Modernity’. 2. State Politics of Art Patronage in Paris: the Luxembourg Museum. 3. London Galleries Founded by Private Sponsors of Victorian Art. 4. Galleries of (Greater) Nationalism: the German Countries, the Slavonic Nations and Italy. 5. The Expanding Wave: Parallel Endeavours in Other Western Cities. 6. Epilogue: the ‘Coming of Age’ of Museums of Contemporary Art and the Weight of the Museological Legacy.

O autorze

J. Pedro Lorente