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Bather, Francis Arthur: The museum and the citizen
DOI Artikel:Justi, Ludwig: Die Neuordnung der Gemäldegalerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut
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purposes of the trust, and Mr. Geddes’ last proposa lis that it should be used for
social functions, and that it should be possible for any Citizen to borrow certain
rooms in it for social entertainment, the hostess becoming, for that evening only,
as it were proprietor of the house. Especially would it be appropriate for wedding
parties and we are presented with a sketch by Mr. John Duncan for a decorative
mural painting of the marriage of Malcolm Canmore with Margaret.
These various proposals are accompanied by a photographic survey of the
sites and buildings in their existing state, with plans and perspectives, of the
suggested improvements. It will, however, have been gathered that the author’s
commentary contains remarks applicable beyond the limits of Dunfermline, so that
not merely museum officials, but all interested in the betterment of towns and of
town populations would do well to study his inspiring volume. It is true that the
conceptions of Mr. Geddes are, as might be expected from anyone acquainted
with him, wider than those to which we are accustomed. and more suggestive of
a great and manifold development. He has, in Emersonian phrase, hitched his
Waggon to a star, for as he profoundly says: »Let us, then, at this time of reflec-
tion shape out the highest ideals for our city that we are capable of devising: to
shape any lower ideal is to ensure the realising of a lower still.« Lest, however,
any should summarily reject his suggcstions as impracticable, it may be pointed
out that all his plans are so devised that, if some of thcm be accepted by the
Trustees, they may be bcgun in a small way and become to a considerable extent
self-supporting, while their very development will be an education for the people,
and their gradual realisation will maintain the public interest for several decades.
The author has indeed looked far ahead, bus he has remembered the fate of many
an ambitious project whose only relic is some vast building restricted now-a-days
to a less noble use.
»Der Kern allein im schmalen Raum
Verbirgt den Stolz des Waldes, den Baum.«
DIE NEUORDNUNG DER GEMÄLDEGALERIE
IM STÄDELSCHEN KUNSTINSTITUT
VON
LUDWIG JUSTI
Im Städelschen Kunstinstitut zu Frankfurt a. M. sind während des verflossenen
Jahres eine Reihe durchgreifender Veränderungen vorgenommen worden; zwar
handelt es sich bei allen nur um kleine Verhältnisse, aber doch typische Verhält-
nisse, und deshalb wird das Nachfolgende vielleicht den einen oder anderen Kollegen
Museumskunde. I, 4.
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purposes of the trust, and Mr. Geddes’ last proposa lis that it should be used for
social functions, and that it should be possible for any Citizen to borrow certain
rooms in it for social entertainment, the hostess becoming, for that evening only,
as it were proprietor of the house. Especially would it be appropriate for wedding
parties and we are presented with a sketch by Mr. John Duncan for a decorative
mural painting of the marriage of Malcolm Canmore with Margaret.
These various proposals are accompanied by a photographic survey of the
sites and buildings in their existing state, with plans and perspectives, of the
suggested improvements. It will, however, have been gathered that the author’s
commentary contains remarks applicable beyond the limits of Dunfermline, so that
not merely museum officials, but all interested in the betterment of towns and of
town populations would do well to study his inspiring volume. It is true that the
conceptions of Mr. Geddes are, as might be expected from anyone acquainted
with him, wider than those to which we are accustomed. and more suggestive of
a great and manifold development. He has, in Emersonian phrase, hitched his
Waggon to a star, for as he profoundly says: »Let us, then, at this time of reflec-
tion shape out the highest ideals for our city that we are capable of devising: to
shape any lower ideal is to ensure the realising of a lower still.« Lest, however,
any should summarily reject his suggcstions as impracticable, it may be pointed
out that all his plans are so devised that, if some of thcm be accepted by the
Trustees, they may be bcgun in a small way and become to a considerable extent
self-supporting, while their very development will be an education for the people,
and their gradual realisation will maintain the public interest for several decades.
The author has indeed looked far ahead, bus he has remembered the fate of many
an ambitious project whose only relic is some vast building restricted now-a-days
to a less noble use.
»Der Kern allein im schmalen Raum
Verbirgt den Stolz des Waldes, den Baum.«
DIE NEUORDNUNG DER GEMÄLDEGALERIE
IM STÄDELSCHEN KUNSTINSTITUT
VON
LUDWIG JUSTI
Im Städelschen Kunstinstitut zu Frankfurt a. M. sind während des verflossenen
Jahres eine Reihe durchgreifender Veränderungen vorgenommen worden; zwar
handelt es sich bei allen nur um kleine Verhältnisse, aber doch typische Verhält-
nisse, und deshalb wird das Nachfolgende vielleicht den einen oder anderen Kollegen
Museumskunde. I, 4.
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