During the nineteenth century, as the rapid growth of industry transformed life in both America and Europe, many new churches and public buildings were designed in an imposing style based upon medieval and early Christian models. Kathleen Curran's book traces the origins of this phenomenon, known either as the Rundbogenstil or Romanesque Revival, in Rome, Karlsruhe, and the Munich of Ludwig I and charts its spread from Germany to London and the United States, where it shaped the design of such landmarks as Trinity Church in Boston and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC....
During the nineteenth century, as the rapid growth of industry transformed life in both America and Europe, many new churches and public buildings ...
American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections.
American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collec...
