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Habsburg splendor : masterpieces from Vienna's imperial collections at the Kunsthistorisches Museum

Title
Habsburg splendor : masterpieces from Vienna's imperial collections at the Kunsthistorisches Museum / edited by Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner ; with essays by Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner, Franz Pichorner, and Stefan Krause.
Author
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, organizer.
Publication
  • Houston : The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in association with The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, [2015]
  • New Haven : distributed by Yale University Press
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
  • Kurzel-Runtscheiner, Monica
  • Pichorner, Franz, 1960-
  • Krause, Stefan (Curator)
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, host institution.
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.
  • High Museum of Art, host institution.
Description
272 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
Summary
"This beautiful book tells the fascinating story of the Habsburg dynasty, which ruled most of central Europe, Spain, Belgium, and parts of Italy for nearly six hundred years, from the fifteenth through the twentieth century"--
Subjects
Note
  • The Minneapolis Institute of Arts hosted the exhibition as part of its 100-year birthday celebration of the building's opening on January 5, 1915.
  • Issued in connection with an exhibition organized by the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna and the following museums which also hosted the exhibit: the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, February 15-May 10, 2015; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 14-September 13, 2015; and, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, October 18, 2015-January 17, 2016.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-263) and index.
Contents
Directors' foreword / Kaywin Feldman, Gary Tinterow, Michael E. Shapire, Sabine Haag -- The imperial collections and the Kunsthistorisches Museum : from the origins of the Habsburg collections to the modern museum / Franz Pichorner -- The Habsburgs : empire and art / Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner -- "They call it royal for good reason" : the tournaments of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance / Stefan Krause -- The throne on wheels : carriages and sleigh rides in the Baroque Era / Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner -- The emperor's clothes : on the significance of uniforms in nineteenth-century society / Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner -- Catalogue of the exhibition.
Call Number
JQG 15-213
ISBN
  • 9780300210866
  • 0300210868
LCCN
2014038965
OCLC
886475036
Author
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, organizer.
Title
Habsburg splendor : masterpieces from Vienna's imperial collections at the Kunsthistorisches Museum / edited by Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner ; with essays by Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner, Franz Pichorner, and Stefan Krause.
Publisher
Houston : The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in association with The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, [2015]
Distributor
New Haven : distributed by Yale University Press
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-263) and index.
Added Author
Kurzel-Runtscheiner, Monica, editor, writer of added text.
Pichorner, Franz, 1960- writer of added text.
Krause, Stefan (Curator), writer of added text.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, host institution.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.
High Museum of Art, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQG 15-213
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