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- Title
P.J.H. Cuypers' Art Library in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: a room dedicated to arts and science.
- Authors
Vogel, Melanie
- Abstract
With the construction of the Rijksmuseum by Cuypers in 1885, the art museum acquired its first rooms solely dedicated as a reference library. This was a direct consequence of the growing demand for scientific libraries in the 19th century. In contrast to established concepts of that time, the room for the books – usually a rather plain stack room – was sumptuously decorated. This expresses the idea that arts and knowledge should be regarded as one unity.
- Subjects
ART libraries; RIJKSMUSEUM (Netherlands); CUYPERS, P. J. H.; MUSEUM libraries; LIBRARY architecture; DELLA Santa, Leopoldo; HISTORY; HISTORY of libraries
- Publication
Art Libraries Journal, 2012, Vol 37, Issue 1, p46
- ISSN
0307-4722
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S030747220001734X