Among the objects on loan from the Museum of Applied Arts are pieces of Zsolnay porcelain from around the turn of the century and a depiction of the museum?s home on the capital?s Üllői Street.
?The exhibition Art and Design for All reconstructs the focus of the original core collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and sheds light on its innovative approach and its function as a role model for other institutions. The exhibition also presents the results of recent research into the continental roots of the V&A, which can be traced back to the ideas of Queen Victoria's German husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a graduate of the University of Bonn, and the museum landscape of 19th-century Germany,? says the Kunsthalle in Bonn.
?From day one, the museum was celebrated as an exemplary educational institution that reached an unusually wide audience. Not only did its collections help improve the aesthetic quality of British manufactures and industrial products, they also provided models to be emulated and acted as a school of public taste, educating the museum audience in matters of discernment and taste.?
The show, held under the patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales, will come to Budapest in May.
Source: kah-bonn.de
