Author: Jane HaywardPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1872501370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
English and French Stained Glass in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Jane HaywardPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1872501370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850
Author: Mark WestgarthPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000050629
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenthcentury antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent ‘art market turn’ in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialised, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803–1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early nineteenth-century Britain, centred around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialisation of culture and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies and nineteenth-century culture.
A.L.A. Catalog
Author: American Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The Connoisseur
Author: Class List
Author: A.L.A. Catalog, 1926
Author: Isabella Mitchell CooperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: Standard Catalog for Public Libraries
Author: H.W. Wilson CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
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