Collecting and Connoisuership Flashcards
Belvedere Palace
1776
- Viennese Royal Collection moved here
- works organized by school, then category by Christian Von Mechel
- No labels- walk through history
The Louvre
1792
- Works organized by importance
- Kings collection nationalized (after revolution)
- open to public 3 days a week, no weekends
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
1811-1817
- no previous uses, built just to be a museum
- combo of natural and artificial light
Glyptothek, Munich
1816-1830
- greek and roman sculpture
- greek façade
- small building
Altes Museum, Berlin
1825-1828
- larger than Glyptothek
- Classical facade
National Gallery, London
1832-1838
- not the royal collection
- funded by bill in Parliament to buy collection of 38 works
Colonial and Federal periods
- very few identifiable collectors
- use inventories and export records to get sense of collections
Thomas Jefferson
1771- designs plan for art gallery at Monticello
- has wish list
- 50 works, all copies
- works included 4 paintings of “the thinkers”
- advised by Dr. John Morgan of Philly to do Grand Tour
Centennial Exhibition
1876-breakthrough exhibition, introduces demand for new works in the states
Hudson Fulton Exhibition
1909 at MMA
celebrates 100+ years of exploration and development of Hudson and inventor of steam ship (fulton)
-used period settings
-over 180,000 visitors
-allowed met to acquire Bolles collection
Hart Room
acquired 1936 by MMA from Ipswich Mass
John Hewlett House, NY
acquired by MMA in 1910
Oak Hill, Boston/Salem
MFA
3 ways of collecting
- obtain piece from each date/period and each region
- only collect historically significant pieces
- collect ensembles-things that go together in a room
Natalie Blair
1887-1951
studies bolles collection at Met to start her own collection
Alphonso T. Clearwater
1848-1951
mostly silver
sends new acquistions straight to Met (Where collection is), hoped to inspire craftsmen
Isaac Royal
1739- inventory of his estate
Isaac Smith and Elizabeth Storer
portraits and silver
George Palmer
collected high style, Philly works- in Met
Martha Codman Collection
given to MFA Boston
colonial period stuff NOT from Boston
Husband collected paintings not from Boston
C.W. Peale 1779
commissioned to paint GW, starting point of his career, goes on to paint more great men
C.W. Peale 1784
displays great men portraits in his Philly home, soon adds landscapes and curiosities
- adds skylight to home for natural light
- 25 cent admission, open to public
C.W. Peale 1794
moves collection to Philosophical Hall, advertises that science and virtue go hand in hand
C.W. PEale 1801
exhumes Mastodon (painting 1806)