Museums
of the Mind

For the studio of and directed by Sigrid Albert of Stepup Communications, who welcomed my approach in the design of specifications and cover of this book for Penn State University Press.

The subject: German modern literature as a window into the history of the modern German museum: as a tool of political will and shaper of public consciousness. It begins with Germany emulating French national insitutions during the eighteenth century.

The original cover shows Franz Ferdinand's bloodied and bullet-torn coat, as displayed with Nationalist intentions by the German state in non-Austrian territory. The final cover uses an author-supplied image of a museum.