Public Access to Art in Paris: A Documentary History from the Middle Ages to 1800

by Robert W. Berger

Public Access to Art in Paris explores public accessibility to art (mainly painting and sculpture) on exhibit in Paris from the High Middle Ages to the year 1800. The topic is important, because from such displays emerged the familiar institutions and practices of the modern world: public museums and sculpture gardens, exhibitions of contemporary art, and popular art journalism. This book traces the origins and development of these familiar components...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027101749X
• ISBN13: 9780271017495
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 2.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.3"