Liberalism, Nationalism and Design Reform in the Habsburg Empire - Museums of Design, Industry and the Applied Arts

This book considers the concrete ways in which the socio-political visions of liberalism translated into museum practice, as well as the manner in which museums reflected liberalism¿EUR¿s blind spots and critical weaknesses.

List of contents

1. �€�For the encouragement of industry�€�: the Founding of the Museums of Art and Industry - Matthew Rampley

2. The Politics of Collecting and Display in an Imperial Context - Nóra Veszprémi

3. Rise of a New Discipline? Design Museums and the Writing of Art History - Nóra Veszprémi

4. Semperian Trajectories: The Architecture of Design Museums -Markian Prokopovych

5. Educating the Public: Schools of Design and Applied Arts -Markian Prokopovych

6. The Programme of Design Reform: Rise and Fall of a Project - Matthew Rampley

Epilogue: Design Museums after the Age of Design Museums- Matthew Rampley

About the author

Matthew Rampley is Extraordinary Professor of Art History at Masaryk University, Brno.
Markian Prokopovych is Assistant Professor of History at Durham University.
Nóra Veszprémi is Research Fellow in Art History at Masaryk University, Brno.

Summary

This book considers the concrete ways in which the socio-political visions of liberalism translated into museum practice, as well as the manner in which museums reflected liberalism?€?s blind spots and critical weaknesses.

Product details

• Authors: Markian Prokopovych, Matthew Rampley, Matthew (University of Birmingham) Prokop Rampley, Rampley Matthew, Nóra Veszprémi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032838847
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3283884-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; austria, Cultural Studies, European History, DESIGN / General, ART / History / General, Social & cultural history, ART / Museum Studies, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, ART / Art & Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, History of art / art & design styles, Politics & government, History of Art, Hungary, Industrial / commercial art & design, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration