The public art museum in nineteenth century Britain : the development of the National Gallery / Christopher Whitehead.
Series: Perspectives on collectingPublication details: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Ashgate, c2005. Description: xix, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780754632368Subject(s): National Gallery (Great Britain) -- History | Art museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Museum techniques -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Art museum architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 708.2/09/034 LOC classification: N1070. | W45 2005
Contents:
Introduction; Part one: the development of a public museology: Historiography, connoisseurship and museum space; Interior decoration and historicism in the art museum; Art museum architecture and moral improvement; Typology in the London museums and their collections; Museums and their builders in 19th-century Britain. Part two: the National Gallery 1850-76: Debating the National Gallery; Refiguring the National Gallery; Negotiating the construction of the National Gallery; The development of the Barry rooms; The enlarged National Gallery in 1876; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-264) and index.
Introduction; Part one: the development of a public museology: Historiography, connoisseurship and museum space; Interior decoration and historicism in the art museum; Art museum architecture and moral improvement; Typology in the London museums and their collections; Museums and their builders in 19th-century Britain. Part two: the National Gallery 1850-76: Debating the National Gallery; Refiguring the National Gallery; Negotiating the construction of the National Gallery; The development of the Barry rooms; The enlarged National Gallery in 1876; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.