The first modern museums of art : the birth of an institution in 18th- and early-19th-century Europe / edited by Carole Paul. - xxi, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Includes index.

"This multiauthor book discusses the evolution of the first public museums of art throughout Europe in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the standards these early museums set for all subsequent institutions of their kind"--Provided by publisher.

9781606061206 (hardcover)

2012007728


Art museums--History--Europe--18th century.
Art museums--History--Europe--19th century.

N1010 / .F57 2012

708.94/09033