Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures Paperback - 2009
by Cynthia Saltzman
A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the mostexquisite paintings in the world
In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitiousAmericans began to compete for Europe's extraordinary OldMaster pictures, causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic.Old Masters, New World is a backstage look at the cutthroat competition,financial maneuvering, intrigue, and double-dealing ofteninvolved in these purchases, not to mention the seductive power ofthe ravishing paintings that drove these collectors-including financierJ. Pierpont Morgan, sugar king H. O. Havemeyer, Boston aestheteIsabella Stewart Gardner, and industrialist Henry Clay Frick.Packed with stunning reproductions, this is an ideal gift book for artlovers and history buffs alike.
Summary
In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe's extraordinary Old Master pictures, causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic. Old Masters, New World is a backstage look at the cutthroat competition, financial maneuvering, intrigue, and double-dealing often involved in these purchases, not to mention the seductive power of the ravishing paintings that drove these collectors-including financier J. Pierpont Morgan, sugar king H. O. Havemeyer, Boston aesthete Isabella Stewart Gardner, and industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Packed with stunning reproductions, this is an ideal gift book for art lovers and history buffs alike.
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- Title Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures
- Author Cynthia Saltzman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, USA
- Date 2009-07-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143115311 / 0143115316
- Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.42 x 0.79 in (21.34 x 13.77 x 2.01 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Dewey Decimal Code 759.940
Media reviews
-Chicago Tribune
" Saltzman revivifies the story by showing . . . how these alpha collectors schemed and maneuvered to outsmart the dealers and each other in their feverish quest for the best Rembrandt or the rarest Raphael."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
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