BRITISH MODELS OF ART COLLECTING AND THE AMERICAN RESPONSE by Inge Reist (Editor), Assoc. Prof. Michael E. Yonan ( 9781472438065 )

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BRITISH MODELS OF ART COLLECTING AND THE AMERICAN RESPONSE
REFLECTIONS ACROSS THE POND

By:

Inge Reist (Editor), Assoc. Prof. Michael E. Yonan

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147243806X

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

28 September, 2014

Series:

The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950

Pages:

288

Description:

This collection of fourteen essays by distinguished art and cultural historians examine points of similarity and difference in British and American art collecting. Half the essays examine the trends that dominated the British art collecting scene of the nineteenth century. Others focus on American collectors.

Synopsis:

British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response - Reflections Across the Pond presents 14 essays by distinguished art - and cultural - historians. Collectively, they examine points of similarity and difference in the approaches to art collecting practiced in Britain and the United States. Unlike most of their Continental European counterparts, the English and Americans have historically been exceptionally open to collecting the art made by and for other cultures. At the same time, they developed a tradition of opening private collections to a public eager for educational and cultural advancement. Approximately half the essays examine the trends and market forces that dominated the British art collecting scene of the nineteenth century, such as the Orleans sale and the shift away from aristocratic collections to those of the new urban merchant class. The essays that focus on American collectors use biographical sketches of collectors and dealers, as well as case studies of specific transactions to demonstrate how collectors in the United States embraced and embellished on the British model to develop their own, often philanthropic approach to art collecting.

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Includes 42 colour and 13 b&w illustrations

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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