The Belvedere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rollig, Stella.

Contributor:

Huemer, Christian.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

Summary:

Anniversary publication of the Belvedere The Belvedere in Vienna epitomizes the changes that have taken place over the course of three centuries in the concept of what constitutes a museum. Originally built by Prince Eugene of Savoy to enhance his prestige as a prince, under Maria Theresa, the Upper Belvedere became one of the world’s first public museums. The idea of presenting Austrian art in an international context, which in 1903 motivated the establishment of the Modern Gallery in the Lower Belvedere, remains the key objective of this world-famous cultural institution. In this critical homage, renowned authors explore enduring questions that transcend the different epochs, such as : What ordering concepts are evident in art presentation ? How contemporary were these presentations in an international context ? What kind of public were they aimed at ? Anniversary publication of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere: a critical homage to a place of art with a diverse history spanning centuries Exhibition until January 7, 2024 With contributions from Johanna Aufreiter, Björn Blauensteiner, Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Christiane Erharter, Nora Fischer, Anna Frasca-Rath, Antoinette Friedenthal, Martin Fritz, Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Sabine Grabner, Katinka Gratzer-Baumgärtner, Cäcilia Henrichs, Alice Hoppe-Harnoncourt, Christian Huemer, Georg Lechner, Stefan Lehner, Gernot Mayer, Monika Mayer, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber, Georg Plattner, Matthew Rampley, Luise Reitstätter, Stella Rollig, Claudia Slanar, Franz Smola, Nora Sternfeld, Silvia Tammaro, Wolfgang Ullrich, Leonhard Weidinger, Christian Witt-Dörring, Luisa Ziaja, and Christoph Zuschlag

Jubiläumspublikation des Belvedere Am Wiener Belvedere lässt sich der Wandel des Museumsbegriffs über drei Jahrhunderte exemplarisch nachvollziehen. Ursprünglich durch Prinz Eugen von Savoyen als Gartenpalais zum Zwecke fürstlicher Repräsentation errichtet, wurde das Obere Belvedere unter Maria Theresia zu einem der ersten öffentlich zugänglichen Museen weltweit. Österreichische Kunst im internationalen Kontext zu zeigen, wie es die Gründungsidee der 1903 im Unteren Belvedere eingerichteten Modernen Galerie vorsah, stellt bis heute ein programmatisches Anliegen der renommierten Kultureinrichtung dar. Die in dieser kritischen Hommage versammelten Beiträge namhafter Autor:innen gehen über Epochengrenzen hinweg gemeinsamen Fragestellungen nach : Welche Ordnungskonzepte manifestieren sich in den Kunstpräsentationen ? Wie zeitgemäß waren diese im internationalen Vergleich ? Welches Publikum sollte damit angesprochen werden ? Jubiläumspublikation der Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere – kritische Hommage auf Geschichte und Vielfalt eines Ortes der Kunst über Jahrhunderte Ausstellung bis 7. Januar 2024 Mit Beiträgen von Johanna Aufreiter, Björn Blauensteiner, Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Christiane Erharter, Nora Fischer, Anna Frasca-Rath, Antoinette Friedenthal, Martin Fritz, Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Sabine Grabner, Katinka Gratzer-Baumgärtner, Cäcilia Henrichs, Alice Hoppe-Harnoncourt, Christian Huemer, Georg Lechner, Stefan Lehner, Gernot Mayer, Monika Mayer, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber, Georg Plattner, Matthew Rampley, Luise Reitstätter, Stella Rollig, Claudia Slanar, Franz Smola, Nora Sternfeld, Silvia Tammaro, Wolfgang Ullrich, Leonhard Weidinger, Christian Witt-Dörring, Luisa Ziaja und Christoph Zuschlag

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter I Prince Eugene of Savoy as an Impresario of Art 1697-1736

Images and Quotes

1 The Belvedere : Construction and Interiors

2 The Set of Engravings

3 The Marble Gallery Sculptures

Patronage and Collecting in the Habsburg Empire c. 1700

4 The Winter Palace

Prestige and Passion : Prince Eugene of Savoy's Picture Collection at His Garden Palace

Collect, Collate, Catalogue : Prince Eugene of Savoy and the Beauty of Classification

5 The Theresianum Library Cabinets from Prince Eugene's Winter Palace

Chapter II The Imperial Collections in the Belvedere 1776-1891

6 The Ambras Collection

7 The First Restoration Studio

The Emergence of the Art Museum in the Eighteenth Century

The Museumification of the Imperial Picture Gallery

Opening and Public Access in the Upper Belvedere around 1800

8 The Exchange of Pictures between Florence and Vienna

New Concepts for the Display of Painting Schools in the Early Nineteenth Century

9 Napoleonic Looting and Evacuation of Artworks

The "Modern School" of the Imperial Picture Gallery

10 The Picture Gallery and the Academy of Fine Arts

Chapter III From the Modern Gallery to the Austrian Gallery 1903-1938

11 A Kiss for the Modern Gallery

Museums of Modern Art in the Late Habsburg Empire

12 The Imperial-Royal Traveling Museum

A Palace as "Refuge" for Modernism

13 Hans Tietze's Museum Reform

Art for All ? The Austrian State Gallery between Art Appreciation and Education

14 From the Austrian State Gallery Society to the Friends of Austrian Museums in Vienna, 1911/12-1938

The Foundation of the Baroque Museum in the Lower Belvedere

15. The Ephesos Museum Visits the Lower Belvedere

Origins of the Museum of Medieval Art.

Chapter IV The Museum during the Nazi Period 1938-1945

16 "Degenerate Art"

17 The Reich Chamber of Fine Arts, Vienna Office

18 Deaccession

The Complicity of Museums in National Socialist Cultural Policy

The Austrian Gallery during the Nazi Period

19 Art Market and Auctions in Vienna 1938-45

National Socialist Art Policy in the Gau City of Vienna

20 The Gustav Klimt Exhibition of 1943

Chapter V Changes and Continuities After 1945

21 The "Vienna 1900" Brand

22 Mapping the Hood : The Belvedere Quarter

"Our Modernism Is Homegrown !" Austria's Delayed Reconnection with the International Avant-Garde after 1945

In Search of (a Place for) Contemporary Art The Programmatic Development from 1945 to the Present

23 The History of the Museum of the Twentieth Century / 20er Haus

24 Restitutions after 1945 and the 1998 Art Restitution Act

2000 to 2020 : Nineteen Years of Growth

Critical Niches : Democratization Processes in the Belvedere's Recent History

25 Expansions of the Museum into the Digital Space

26 Museum Self-Perceptions under the Microscope

Perspectives 2023

STELLA ROLLIG in Conversation with WOLFGANG ULLRICH.

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ISBN:

9783111186511

3111186512

OCLC:

1394871661