Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures
by Cynthia Saltzman
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- Paperback
- Condition
- USED Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143115316
- ISBN 13
- 9780143115311
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Synopsis
A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world 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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- Bookseller
- Montclair Book Center (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 564221
- Title
- Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures
- Author
- Cynthia Saltzman
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- USED Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0143115316
- ISBN 13
- 9780143115311
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Usa
- Date Published
- July 2009
- Pages
- 352
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