The Museum Age in Austria-Hungary - Art and Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century

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.

About the author

Matthew Rampley is Principal Investigator for the research project Continuity/Rupture: Art and Architecture in Central Europe 1918-1939, funded by the European Research Council, and Professor of Art History at Masaryk University. His recent publications include The Seductions of Darwin: Art, Evolution, Neuroscience and The Vienna School of Art History: Empire and the Politics of Scholarship, 1847-1918, both published by Penn State University Press.

Product details

• Authors: Markian Prokopovych, Matthew Rampley, Nóra Veszprémi
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2023
• EAN: 9780271087115
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08711-5
• No. of pages: 302
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 572 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous