The Museum Age in Austria-Hungary by Matthew Rampley, Markian... - 9780271087115

The Museum Age in Austria-HungaryArt and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century\nAuthor(s): Matthew Rampley, Markian Prokopovych, Nra Veszprmi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271087115, 978-0271087115\nSynopsis\nThis important critical study of the history of public art museums in Austria-Hungary explores 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 Empire.\n\nFocusing on institutions in Vienna, Cracow, Prague, Zagreb, and Budapest, The Museum Age in Austria-Hungary traces the evolution of museum culture over the long nineteenth century, from the 1784 installation of imperial art collections in the Belvedere Palace (as a gallery open to the public) to the dissolution of Austria-Hungary after the First World War. Drawing on source materials from acro.