Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Alfred Lichtwark and Modern German Art 9
6. 2. The Petersen Portrait: The Failure of Modern Art as Monument in Hamburg 41
7. 3. The Scandal in 1896 over the 'New Tendency' 70
8. 4. Lichtwark and the Society of Hamburg's Patrons of Fine Art (the Gesellschaft Hamburgischer Kunstfreunde) 100
9. Conclusion 117
10. Notes 123
11. Bibliography 147
12. Index 159