Scripta Manent: Kunst Ohne Geschichte? Das AEsthetisch Motivierte Sammeln in Europa Und Amerika

Scripta Manent. Art Without History? Aesthetics-Driven Collecting in Europe and America
Files from the International Symposium at the Oskar Reinhart Collection Am Roemerholz on September 7 and 8, 2012
In the late nineteenth century, renowned collectors in Europe and America no longer built their collections according to historical or geographical, but instead according to purely aesthetic criteria. Important collections with strong preferences for Impressionism grew out of this idea. The concept of art of Oskar Reinhart, too, was shaped by it. Renowned experts provide a detailed analysis of this phenomenon.