Week 3- Leeds/ public museum Flashcards
What do turners paintings show?
Watercolours show factories, flacks, and kilns.
When was Grimshaw born?
1830s in Leeds
When was the first ever motion picture made, where and and by who?
1888, Louis Le Prince, Leeds bridge.
Leeds was the first city to do what?
Have a fully integrated tram system.
How did Leeds profit from the war eras?
Made the materials needed for the war. (?!)
What was the first public universal survey museum?
The louvre
Decribe German architecture
Mixture of French, English architecture influenced by Neo-Palladian and Rococo.
Who said that art history should be its own discipline?
Aloys Hirt
Who introduced the idea of a curator as being a professional?
Aloys Hirt
Who designed the Altes Museum in Berlin? *
Freiderich Schinkel.
How were Arts displayed in the Altes Museum?
Arranged by date and by school. Starting with Renaissance. Wanted close comparisons, so densely hung. Certain works were given prominent positions. Medieval art regulated to 2 sides of room.
Where is the Glyptothek?
Munich, Germany.
Who designed the Glyptothek? And when?
Klenze. 1616-1830
What design did the Glyptothek follow?
Mimicked the form of a Roman house. Had different room shapes, such as ancient Roman bath inspired.
What was the first public universal survey museum?
The louvre
Decribe German architecture
Mixture of French, English architecture influenced by Neo-Palladian and Rococo.
Who said that art history should be its own discipline?
Aloys Hirt
Who introduced the idea of a curator as being a professional?
Aloys Hirt
What did the universal survey do?
Collected broad artefacts from different historical places and schools.
Who originally owned the artefacts in universal survey museum?
They were royal collections. (Now publicly owned)
What year was Turner’s ‘leeds’ painted?
- First picture of an industrialised city.
What did Leeds in 19th century NOT have?
The first gas lit factory in the world.
Who used the term ‘ritual’ to describe the museum?
Carol Duncan and Alan Wallach.
Why did Carol Duncan and Alan Wallach use the term ritual in relation to the museum?
Because the visitor behaves in a certain way in the museum.
