Deutsche Museen: Entstehung und kulturgeschichtliche Bedeutung unserer öffentlichen Kunstsammlungen
A 1913 German book by Valentin Scherer, published in Jena by E. Diederichs, on the origins and cultural significance of public art collections in Germany, written for a general educated readership. Its plates are rotated engravings and photographs of museum buildings and interiors, with German captions beneath each: a gallery facade seen from the Zwinger, a long colonnaded museum front in Berlin, and an 18th-century painted interior with figures and gilded ornament. A designer could draw on the classical facades, rhythmic window bays, and ornate period interiors as reference for architectural and decorative structure.
