Habsburg Splendor: Masterpieces from Vienna's Imperial Collections at the Kunsthistorisches Museum - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300210868 ISBN 13: 9780300210866

Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2015

Synopsis

This beautiful book tells the fascinating story of the Habsburg dynasty, which ruled most of central Europe, Spain, Belgium, and parts of Italy for nearly 600 years, from the 15th through the 20th century. Charles V (1500–1558) once remarked that the sun never set on the Habsburg Empire, and for most of its history, Vienna served as its capital. The Habsburgs were acclaimed collectors and generous patrons of the arts. Franz Joseph I (1830–1916), the penultimate emperor of the dynasty, created the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna to house the artistic treasures of the empire. Today, this museum possesses one of the most renowned collections in the world of Western art. An extraordinarily wide-ranging survey of the Habsburgs’ collections, this volume features classical Greek and Roman works, medieval arms and armor, tapestries, early modern painting and craftwork, ceremonial gilded carriages, and opulent costumes. Together, they reveal the splendor and the spectacle of the Habsburg court. 

Distributed for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in association with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Exhibition Schedule:

Minneapolis Institute of Arts
(02/15/15–05/10/15)

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(06/14/15–09/13/15)

High Museum of Art
(10/18/15–01/17/16)

About this title

About the Author

Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner is director of the Imperial Carriage Museum, Vienna. Franz Pichorner is deputy director and Stefan Krause is curator of arms and armor, both at the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Edition details

• Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Houston
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300210868
• ISBN 13: 9780300210866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Kurzel-Runtscheiner Monica