Spaces for shaping the nation: National museums and national galleries in nineteenth-century Europe

Beck M, Strunck C (2024)

Publication Type: Authored book

Publication year: 2024

Publisher: Transcript-Verlag

ISBN: 9783839466940

DOI: 10.14361/9783839466940

Abstract

As spaces of knowledge, the national museums and galleries of nineteenth-century Europe played an important role both in the shaping of nation-states and the education of their populations. In this context, such institutions sought to convey the history of the people, for example by displaying pictorial cycles of important scenes from their history, exhibiting objects associated with certain formative events, or arraying period rooms to promote a specific impression of the past. The contributions to this volume examine the purposes and educational strategies of national museums and national galleries via case studies from Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Authors with CRIS profile

Marina Beck Institut für Kunstgeschichte Christina Strunck Lehrstuhl für Kunstgeschichte

How to cite

APA:

Beck, M., & Strunck, C. (2024). Spaces for shaping the nation: National museums and national galleries in nineteenth-century Europe. Transcript-Verlag.

MLA:

Beck, Marina, and Christina Strunck. Spaces for shaping the nation: National museums and national galleries in nineteenth-century Europe. Transcript-Verlag, 2024.

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