01701 a2200337 4500 1138259799 20250317100400.0 250312042017GB eng 9781138259799 Taylor & Francis GBP 52.99 BB 01 eng AGA thema GLZ thema NHTB thema AB thema 3MN bisac 3M bisac ACV bic GM bic HBTB bic AB bic 3J bisac ART015000 bisac Alisa Luxenberg Galerie Espagnole and the Museo Nacional 1835–1853 Saving Spanish Art, or the Politics of Patrimony 1 Oxford Routledge 20170331 298 p An important and critical re-evaluation of the Galerie Espagnole, this book presents new interpretations of the special collection of Spanish (or purportedly Spanish) paintings formed under Louis-Philippe and exhibited in the Louvre from 1838 through 1848. Alisa Luxenberg undertakes a new examination of the Parisian collection in relation to its lesser-known Spanish homologue, the Museo Nacional in Madrid, a collection of mostly old master Spanish paintings and sculptures that was formed at the very same time. Revealing the political agendas behind each museum, and the different manners in which their goals were pursued, Luxenberg analyzes the critical and visual reception of the collections as well as their intersection with contemporary debates about aesthetics and patrimony, the role of the art museum, and national and international politics. 1169 1169