The Evolving House Museum : : Art Collectors and Their Residences, Then and Now /

The Evolving House Museum : : Art Collectors and Their Residences, Then and Now / / edited by Margaret Iacono Wertz and Esmée Quodbach.

This volume explores twelve house museums, created over more than two centuries, and founded across the globe. What motivates collectors to establish independent house museums instead of donating their collections to preexisting institutions? How have collectors' original intentions manifested...

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Superior document:Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024
TeilnehmendeR:
Quodbach, Esmée,
Wertz, Margaret Iacono,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.
©2024
Year of Publication:2024
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets ; 20.
Physical Description:1 online resource (338 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction: The Evolving House Museum: Art Collectors and Their Residences, Then and Now
  • Part 1 Early Beginnings
  • 1 Cleveland House as Art Museum? The Short Life of the 'Louvre of London'
  • 2 Art, Science, and Empire: Contextualizing the Collections at Frederic Church's Olana
  • 3 Historical Challenges and Future Perspectives for Collection Museums: The Case of the Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
  • 4 In the Heart of Florentine Collections: Frederick Stibbert and His Museum
  • Part 2 The Gilded Age and Beyond
  • 5 The Divergent Legacies of Parisian Collectors Isaac and Moïse de Camondo
  • 6 The Frick Collection: From Private Home to Public Museum
  • 7 The Ringling's Ca' d'Zan: Its Evolution from Winter Residence to Historic House Museum
  • 8 An Infinite Reverie: A History of Cairo's Mr. &amp
  • Mrs. Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum
  • Part 3 Looking Back, Looking Forward
  • 9 Black Voices and Modern Art: The Problem of "Inclusiveness" at The Phillips Collection
  • 10 Between Exclusivity and Public Access: The Kazys Varnelis House-Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 11 A House Museum as a House Temple: Sequenced Ritual Spaces in Hung's Art Gallery in Taipei
  • 12 A New Type of House Museum: Lyon Housemuseum, Melbourne (2009)
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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