Publication Date:
2024-03-23
Description:
This book depicts the long rich life and wide ranging work of Count Athanasius Raczyński (1788–1874). By exploring his complex personality, his processes of thought and his accomplishments, it reveals a man at once a wealthy aristocrat, a Pole in the Prussian diplomatic service, an active participant in and perceptive observer and critical commentator on political life, a connoisseur and art collector of European renown, and the author of ground breaking studies on German and Portuguese art – in short a distinguished and fascinating nineteenth century figure.
Keywords:
19th-century Berlin
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aristocracy
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art collecting
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art historiography
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German painting
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History of collections
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history of diplomacy
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thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
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thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
Language:
English
Format:
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