1st Edition

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

216 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Liberalism, Nationalism and Design Reform in the Habsburg Empire is a study of museums of design and applied arts in Austria-Hungary from 1864 to 1914. The Museum for Art and Industry (now the Museum of Applied Arts) as well as its design school occupies a prominent place in the study. The book also gives equal attention to museums of design and applied arts in cities elsewhere in the... Read more

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

Biography

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.