The evolving house museum : art collectors and their residences, then and now / edited by Margaret Iacono Wertz and Esmée Quodbach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iacono, Margaret, editor.

Quodbach, Esmée, editor.

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Studies in the history of collecting & art markets ; v. 20.

Studies in the history of collecting & art markets ; volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic house museums--History.

Historic house museums.

Art--Private collections--Exhibitions--History.

Art.

Art--Collectors and collecting--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill [2024]

Contents:

Introduction: The Evolving House Museum: Art Collectors and Their Residences, Then and Now

Part 1 Early Beginnings

1 Cleveland House as Art Museum? The Short Life of the 'Louvre of London'

2 Art, Science, and Empire: Contextualizing the Collections at Frederic Church's Olana

3 Historical Challenges and Future Perspectives for Collection Museums: The Case of the Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

4 In the Heart of Florentine Collections: Frederick Stibbert and His Museum

Part 2 The Gilded Age and Beyond

5 The Divergent Legacies of Parisian Collectors Isaac and Moïse de Camondo

6 The Frick Collection: From Private Home to Public Museum

7 The Ringling's Ca' d'Zan: Its Evolution from Winter Residence to Historic House Museum

8 An Infinite Reverie: A History of Cairo's Mr. & Mrs. Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum

Part 3 Looking Back, Looking Forward

9 Black Voices and Modern Art: The Problem of "Inclusiveness" at The Phillips Collection

10 Between Exclusivity and Public Access: The Kazys Varnelis House-Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania

11 A House Museum as a House Temple: Sequenced Ritual Spaces in Hung's Art Gallery in Taipei

12 A New Type of House Museum: Lyon Housemuseum, Melbourne (2009).

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 10, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004700757

9789004700758

Publisher Number:

40032549268

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.