Routledge Liberalism, Nationalism and Design Reform in Habsburg

Explore a detailed study of design and applied arts museums within the Habsburg Empire from 1864 to 1914. This Routledge research volume examines how museums of design and industry functioned during a transformative era in Austria-Hungary. Readers will gain insight into the Museum for Art and Industry, including its influential design school. The text provides a broad perspective by looking at design museums in major cities across the Empire, such as Budapest, Prague, Cracow, Brno, and Zagreb. This book analyzes how liberalism acted as a political, cultural, and economic ideology that drove museum development. It is an essential resource for those studying the history of art museums, exhibition culture, and the evolution of applied arts in Central Europe.