内容简介
Cultural history is an excellent term to sum up the task of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Art,whether old or contemporary, is not primarily seen and shown as in a collection of paintings or sculptures,but connected with other genres and subjected to various questions. Beuys' suit is not shown next to a work by Roy Lichtenstein but next to the Braun -Schneewittchensarg a classic among consumer goods. The paintings of Durer hang not far from a sixteenth-century pilgrim's outfit and a collection of medals, and next to the oldest globe in the world. In this way the collections of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum provide an introduction to the contemporary and art history of the respective epochs. Most areas of the museum are indeed organised on a chronological pattern.