Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Cynthia SaltzmanAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2009-07-01Pages:352
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143115311ISBN-10:143115316UPC:9780143115311Book Category:Art, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Movements, Artists, Architects, Photographers, ModernBook Topic:Modernism, 19th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.42 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCK3XXJYKN
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143115311ISBN-10:143115316UPC:9780143115311Book Category:Art, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Movements, Artists, Architects, Photographers, ModernBook Topic:Modernism, 19th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.42 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCK3XXJYKN
A former reporter for Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, Cynthia Saltzman earned degrees in art history at Harvard and Berkeley. She currently resides with her family in Brooklyn, New York.
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