Money in the Air
Art Dealers and the Making of a Transatlantic Market, 1880-1930
ISBN: PB: 9781606068915,
Getty Publications,
June 2024
384 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 88 colour illus., 42 black&white illus., 17 tables
384 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 88 colour illus., 42 black&white illus., 17 tables
This volume explores the crucial role of art dealers in creating a transatlantic art market in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
"There was money in the air, ever so much money", wrote Henry James in 1907, reflecting on the American...
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50.00 GBP
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Display of Art in Roman Palace, 1550-1750
ISBN: HB: 9781606062982,
Getty Publications,
August 2014
384 pp., 27,5x22,3 cm, 50 colour illus., 116 black&white illus.
384 pp., 27,5x22,3 cm, 50 colour illus., 116 black&white illus.
This ambitious work lifts the veil on a pivotal chapter in the history of art and its social meaning. This book explores the principles of the display of art in the magnificent Roman palaces of the early modern period, focusing attention on how the p...
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65.00 GBP
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Provenance
An Alternate History of Art
ISBN: HB: 9781606061220,
Getty Publications,
February 2013
224 pp., 25,6x17,7 cm, 60 black&white illus.
224 pp., 25,6x17,7 cm, 60 black&white illus.
This is a fascinating re-examination of the importance and legacy of provenance in the history of art. This book goes beyond the narrow definition of the term provenance, which addresses only the bare facts of ownership and transfer, to explore ideas...
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35.00 GBP
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Sacred Possessions
Collecting Italian Religious Art, 1500-1900
ISBN: PB: 9781606060421,
Getty Publications,
December 2010
288 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 86 black&white illus.
288 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 86 black&white illus.
This is a brief history of and investigation into the collecting of sacred art. When works of art created for religious purposes outlive their original function, they often take on new meanings as they move from sacred spaces to secular collections....
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26.00 GBP
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