ABSTRACT

The year 1927 marked two extraordinary events within the history of art history and its institutions: the opening of two new, purpose-built structures for the study and teaching of art history at Marburg and Harvard Universities (Figures 4.1, 4.2). These large and comprehensive buildings, both of which integrated, under a single roof, classrooms, art museums, research libraries and the technical resources specific to the discipline, were unprecedented at European and American universities.