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The museum age in Austria-Hungary [electronic resource] : art and empire in the long nineteenth century / Matthew Rampley, Markian Prokopovych, and Nóra Veszprémi

Author:
Rampley, Matthew
Published:
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Physical Description:
x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:
Prokopovych, Markian, 1972- and Veszprémi, Nóra
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Contents:
Introduction : museums and cultural politics in the Habsburg world / Matthew Rampley -- The museological landscape of Austria-Hungary / Matthew Rampley -- The museum and the city : art, municipal programs, and urban agendas / Markian Prokopovych -- Visions in stone : museums and their architecture / Matthew Rampley -- Curators, conservators, scholars : the rise of the museum professions / Nóra Veszprémi -- "Uniques" and stories : principles and practices of display / Nóra Veszprémi -- Museums and their publics : visitors, societies, and the press / Markian Prokopovych -- Epilogue : modernity and regime's end / Matthew Rampley.
Summary:
"A critical study of the history of public art museums in Austria-Hungary, examining their place in the wider history of European museums and collecting, their role as public institutions, and their involvement in the complex cultural politics of the Habsburg state"--
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ISBN:
9780271087108 (hardback)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and index.
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