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Biedermeier : art and culture in central Europe 1815-1848 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Palazzo della ragione (Padua, Italy), Padua (Italy). Assessorato alla cultura, Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Praze, Národní galerie v Praze, Azienda di Promozione Turistica di Padova
Other Authors: Rak, Jiří, Vondráček, Radim, Terenzi, Claudia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milan : Skira Editore ; 2001.
Subjects:
Biedermeier (Art) > Europe, Central.
Europe, Central > Civilization > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The Biedermeier period in Austria and Bohemia and its legacy / Jiří Rak
  • Biedermeier and its semantics / Radim Vondráček
  • Biedermeier: a bourgeois style in the Restoration period / Claudia Terenzi
  • The social ethos of the Biedermeier period
  • Placing the objects: form and style
  • The cult of the family and public spirit
  • The city: life and entertainment
  • Biedermeier: between nature and industry
  • The 1848 revolution and the end of Biedermeier.