Buquoysʼ Rožmberk. Visual Culture of an Aristocratic Seat in the Period of Romantic Historicism

The Buquoys’ Rožmberk publication is devoted to an important phase in modern-age building history of Rožmberk Castle, as well as to the life and art patronage of the Buquoy family who then owned the castle, especially to Georg Johann Heinrich Buquoy (1814–1882). The book charts events associated with the establishment of the Rožmberk “castle museum” in the mid-19th century on the basis of written records and recently discovered pictorial sources. The museum was not only to celebrate the family history of Longueval de Buquoy, but it also housed an extensive art collection open to the public. The investor’s comprehensive concept involved architectural modifications to the castle complex and its surroundings, its furnishing and decoration, as well as its continuous pictorial documentation. The related tasks were commissioned from both local artists and craftsmen and those from Vienna.

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