Collector at the Crossroads. Jan Działyński and the Kórnik Collection of Works of Art in the Second Half of the 19th Century: An Exhibition between the Romantic Spirit of Patriotism and a Modern Scientific Approach

In the second half of the 19th century, a tendency for a scientific approach to collecting became visible in Europe. Collectors established contacts with art experts and art researchers in order to assemble works of high class. A Polish aristocrat, Jan Działyński, presented a collection of works of...

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Main Author: Kłudkiewicz, Kamila
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Language:deu
Published: International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA) 2011-05-01
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Online Access:http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2011/2011-apr-jun/kludkiewicz-collector-at-the-crossroads
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description In the second half of the 19th century, a tendency for a scientific approach to collecting became visible in Europe. Collectors established contacts with art experts and art researchers in order to assemble works of high class. A Polish aristocrat, Jan Działyński, presented a collection of works of art in a specially prepared castle room of his family estate in Kórnik. The exhibition of his collection bears features characteristic for a systematic and scientific approach to collecting; nevertheless, certain elements still testify to inspiration in Romantic collecting of national tokens, popular at the beginning of the 19thcentury in Poland.
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Collector at the Crossroads. Jan Działyński and the Kórnik Collection of Works of Art in the Second Half of the 19th Century: An Exhibition between the Romantic Spirit of Patriotism and a Modern Scientific Approach
RIHA Journal
collecting
Kórnik
Jan K. Działyński
museum exposition
collections of the 19th century
collections of aristocracy
Kunstsammlung
title Collector at the Crossroads. Jan Działyński and the Kórnik Collection of Works of Art in the Second Half of the 19th Century: An Exhibition between the Romantic Spirit of Patriotism and a Modern Scientific Approach
title_full Collector at the Crossroads. Jan Działyński and the Kórnik Collection of Works of Art in the Second Half of the 19th Century: An Exhibition between the Romantic Spirit of Patriotism and a Modern Scientific Approach
title_fullStr Collector at the Crossroads. Jan Działyński and the Kórnik Collection of Works of Art in the Second Half of the 19th Century: An Exhibition between the Romantic Spirit of Patriotism and a Modern Scientific Approach
title_full_unstemmed Collector at the Crossroads. Jan Działyński and the Kórnik Collection of Works of Art in the Second Half of the 19th Century: An Exhibition between the Romantic Spirit of Patriotism and a Modern Scientific Approach
title_short Collector at the Crossroads. Jan Działyński and the Kórnik Collection of Works of Art in the Second Half of the 19th Century: An Exhibition between the Romantic Spirit of Patriotism and a Modern Scientific Approach
title_sort collector at the crossroads jan dzialynski and the kornik collection of works of art in the second half of the 19th century an exhibition between the romantic spirit of patriotism and a modern scientific approach
topic collecting
Kórnik
Jan K. Działyński
museum exposition
collections of the 19th century
collections of aristocracy
Kunstsammlung
url http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2011/2011-apr-jun/kludkiewicz-collector-at-the-crossroads
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