{"product_id":"albrecht-drer-and-the-embodiment-jeffrey-chipps-smith-9780271085944","title":"Albrecht D?er and the Embodiment of Genius: Decorating Museums in the Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the nineteenth century, Albrecht D?er's art, piety, and personal character were held up as models to inspire contemporary artists and--it was hoped--to return Germany to international artistic eminence. In this book, Jeffrey Chipps Smith explores D?er's complex posthumous reception during the great century of museum building in Europe, with a particular focus on the artist's role as a creative and moral exemplar for German artists and museum visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an era when museums were emerging as symbols of civic, regional, and national identity, dozens of new national, princely, and civic museums began to feature portraits of D?er in their elaborate decorative programs embellishing the facades, grand staircases, galleries, and ceremonial spaces. Most of these arose in Germany and Austria, though examples can be seen as far away as St. Petersburg, Stockholm, London, and New York City. Probing the cultural, political, and educational aspirations and rivalries of these museums and their patrons, Smith traces how D?er was painted, sculpted, and prominently placed to accommodate the era's diverse needs and aspirations. He investigates what these portraits can tell us about the rise of a distinct canon of famous Renaissance and Baroque artists--addressing the question of why D?er was so often paired with Raphael, who was considered to embody the greatness of Italian art--and why, with the rise of German nationalism, Hans Holbein the Younger often replaced Raphael as D?er's partner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessibly written and comprehensive in scope, this book sheds new light on museum building in the nineteenth century and the rise of art history as a discipline. It will appeal to specialists in nineteenth-century and early modern art, the history of museums and collecting, and art historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Chipps Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271085940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271085944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 9.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2021","brand":"Jeffrey Chipps Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43942459212031,"sku":"9780271085944","price":106.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2d7b07d9-7682-4731-ba0b-cb163cb44b51.jpg?v=1681492509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/albrecht-drer-and-the-embodiment-jeffrey-chipps-smith-9780271085944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}