The Galerie espagnole and the Museo Nacional 1835-1853 : saving Spanish art, or the politics of patrimony / Alisa Luxenberg.

Author/creator Luxenberg, Alisa
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Description280 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subjects
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850--Art collections.
Musée du Louvre--History. --19th century.
Museo del Prado--History. --19th century.
Painting, Spanish--Collectors and collecting. --France. --History. --19th century.
Painting, Spanish--Collectors and collecting. --Spain. --History. --19th century.

Contents The two museums from a trans-Pyrenean perspective -- The Galerie espagnole : content and critical reception in France -- The protagonists and their priorities -- Conception : precedents and provocations -- Creation : the mission -- Responses in Spain to Taylor's mission and the Galerie espagnole -- The Spanish galleries : the Museo nacional and Museos provinciales -- Rethinking the visual legacy of the Galerie espagnole -- Closing thoughts.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-271) and index.
LCCN 2007025873
ISBN9780754661900 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0754661903 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks ND 806 .L89 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold