Invention of the American Art Museum Curran Kathleen
Invention of the American Art Museum Curran Kathleen American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic…
Specifikacia Invention of the American Art Museum Curran Kathleen
Invention of the American Art Museum Curran Kathleen
American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. Called Kulturgeschichte (cultural history) museums, they were evocative displays of regional history. This groundbreaking work recounts the fascinating story of the invention of the modern American art museum, starting with its roots in the 1870s in the craft museum type, which was based on London's South Kensington (now the Victoria and Albert) Museum.At the turn of the twentieth century, American planners grew enthusiastic about a new type of museum and presentation that was developed in Northern Europe, particularly in Germany, Switzerland, and Scandinavia.
American trustees, museum directors, and curators found that the Kulturgeschichte approach offered a variety of transformational options in planning