Flemish and German Paintings of the 17th Century
Author : Julius Samuel Held
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 27,42 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780895580924
Author : Julius Samuel Held
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 27,42 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780895580924
Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher :
Page : 1310 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Subject catalogs
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Author : St. Louis Public Library
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Page : 384 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 1908
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Author : Flaminia Gennari Santoni
Publisher : 5Continents
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 29,16 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
The book is a fresh investigation of American collecting between 1900 and 1914 and of the impact of transatlantic displacements and mass media on the public perception of old master paintings. Rather than a consideration of the itineraries of their acquisitions, this is an analysis of the political, cultural and social implication of the phenomenon and how it functioned within American society and in relation to Europe. The first three chapters of the book analyse how the American press (The New York Times, The Nation, Century, Scribner's, McClure's and the World's Work) exploited the phenomenon, turning it into a journalistic genre in which the rhetoric of nationalism and civilisation, as well as that of business and speculation, provided the style of the narrative. Two aspects of the press coverage are thoroughly investigated: the collectors' and experts' public role. Chapters four to six are devoted to a case study of an unknown, but extraordinary publishing venture, Noteworthy Paintings in
Author : British Museum
Publisher :
Page : 1320 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Best books
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Author : Vernon James Watney
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Private libraries
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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 29,41 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Painting
ISBN : 0870994395
Author : Library Association (Portland, Or.)
Publisher :
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 11,91 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
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Author : Laura Cumming
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 1476762155
From one of the world's most expert art critics, the incredible true story--part art history and part mystery--of a Velázquez portrait that went missing and the obsessed nineteenth-century bookseller determined to prove he had found it. When John Snare, a nineteenth-century provincial bookseller, traveled to a liquidation auction, he stumbled on a vivid portrait of King Charles I that defied any explanation. The Charles of the painting was young--too young to be king--and yet also too young to be painted by the Flemish painter to which the work was attributed. Snare had found something incredible--but what? His research brought him to Diego Velázquez, whose long-lost portrait of Prince Charles has eluded art experts for generations. Velázquez (1599-1660) was the official painter of the Madrid court, during the time the Spanish Empire teetered on the edge of collapse. When Prince Charles of England--a man wealthy enough to help turn Spain's fortunes--ventured to the court to propose a marriage with a Spanish princess, he allowed just a few hours to sit for his portrait. Snare believed only Velázquez could have met this challenge. But in making his theory public, Snare was ostracized, victim to aristocrats and critics who accused him of fraud, and forced to choose, like Velázquez himself, between art and family. A thrilling investigation into the complex meaning of authenticity and the unshakable determination that drives both artists and collectors of their work, The Vanishing Velázquez travels from extravagant Spanish courts in the 1700s to the gritty courtrooms and auction houses of nineteenth-century London and New York. But it is above all a tale of mystery and detection, of tragic mishaps and mistaken identities, of class, politics, snobbery, crime, and almost farcical accident. It is a magnificently crafted page-turner, a testimony to how and why great works of art can affect us to the point of obsession.
Author : British Library
Publisher :
Page : 1320 pages
File Size : 50,82 MB
Release : 1911
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