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Museums in the German art world from the end of the old regime to the rise of modernism / James J. Sheehan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheehan, James J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art museums--Germany--History.
- Art museums.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Combining the history of ideas, institutions and architecture, this study shows how the museum both reflected and shaped the place of art in German culture from the late-18th to the early-20th century. On a broader level, it explains the origin and character of the museum's role in modern culture.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1 Eighteenth-Century Origins; 2 Museums and the Age of Revolution, 1789-1830; 3 The Museum Age, 1830-1880; 4 Museums and Modernism, 1880-1914; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028567-2
- 1-280-47341-X
- 0-19-535052-9
- 1-4237-6060-3
- 1-60256-956-8
- OCLC:
- 65176549
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