The Vienna World’s Fair of 1873 surpassed its London and Paris predecessors not just in size and ambition, but also in its determination to include countries of Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Asia. Especially the spectacular Chinese and Japanese galleries were greeted by the Viennese public with enthusiasm. The shows became the largest and most comprehensive displays of East Asian art, crafts, and products of industry ever shown in Europe.
This book gives insight into the two seminal displays at the Vienna World’s Fair. It traces the far-reaching impact the exhibitions had on practices of collecting East Asian art, and investigates the networks of collectors and the fate of collections in and beyond the Habsburg empire.
SPEAKERS
Florian Schwarz
Direktor des Instituts für Iranistik, ÖAW
Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik
Univerza v Ljubljani
Lukas Nickel
Universität Wien
