Contributions

  • Graphische Sammlung Albertina - Contributor

Publication

2014 - Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, Germany

Language

German

Word Count

81,000 words, Guess

Page Count

324 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10377573824X
  • ISBN-139783775738248
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014399473
  • OCLC Control Number875138136
  • Better World Books9783775738248
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCN1670 .G78 2014
  • LCCN1670.G78 2014
  • LCCN1670 .A85x 2014

Alternate Titles

  • Herzog Albert und seine Zeit

Description

Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen and his wife, Archduchess Marie Christine, laid the foundations in 1776 to the prestigious graphics collection named after Albert. It was unusual for its time in terms of their appreciation for both drawings and prints which they considered as equals to paintings. Against prevailing collecting conventions and traditional genre hierarchies, the Duke and Duchess also maintained the greatest interest for contemporary art. On account of his desire for an encyclopedic completeness to the collection, Albert gave promise to a promotion of contemporary artists. For the first time this volume of essays shows fully the eventful life of the founder of the Albertina and the tension between absolutism, revolution, and the Congress of Vienna.

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