Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Kurzel-Runtscheiner, Monica
2. Pichorner, Franz, 1960-
3. Krause, Stefan (Curator)
4. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, host institution.
5. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.
6. High Museum of Art, host institution.

Description

1. 272 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm

Summary

1. "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"--

Subject

1. Habsburg, House of > Art collections > Exhibitions
2. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien > Exhibitions
3. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien > Catalogs
4. Art > Austria > Vienna > Exhibitions
5. ART / European
6. DESIGN / Decorative Arts
7. ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
8. HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary
9. HISTORY / Modern / General

Contents

1. 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

1. JQG 15-213

Note

1. 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.
2. 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)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-263) and index.

Author

1. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, organizer.

Title

1. 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

1. 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

1. New Haven : distributed by Yale University Press

Copyright date

1. ©2015

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-263) and index.

Added author

1. Kurzel-Runtscheiner, Monica, editor, writer of added text.
2. Pichorner, Franz, 1960- writer of added text.
3. Krause, Stefan (Curator), writer of added text.
4. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, host institution.
5. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.
6. High Museum of Art, host institution.

LCCN

1. 2014038965

ISBN

1. 9780300210866 (pbk.)
2. 0300210868 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. JQG 15-213