THE FIRST MODERN MUSEUMS OF ART

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the first modern, public museums of artcivic, state, or nationalappeared through out Europe, setting a standard for the nature of such institutions that has made its influence felt to the present day. Although the emergence of these museums was an international development, their shared history has not been systematically explored until now. T aking up that project, this volume includes chapters on fifteen of the earliest and still major examples, from the Capitoline Museum in Rome, ...[Read more]