GENESIS OF THE ART MUSEUM IN THE 18TH CENTURY, THE.

Author: Bjurström, Per, ed
Country: Sweden
Language: French/ English/ German
Year Published: 1993
No. of pages: 130
Illustrations: 2 Color Illustrations. 33 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8 1/2”x 7”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 917100475
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 3897

Price: $29.50

This book presents a collection of essays, interspersed with poignant illustrations, drawn from the symposium held at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden on June 26, 1992. The theme of the symposium stresses the special function of art in the museum context and its importance to a wider public. Guided by the tendency of Enlightment thinkers to attribute an educational function to art, these essays analyze the gradual transformation of art from a prestigious luxury commodity available only to princes and patricians to an educational instrument available to the entire population.