A Museum of One's Own: Private Collecting, Public Gift
When French revolutionaries sacked royal holdings at the end of the 18th century, they began the largest transfer of artistic goods in world history. By 1850 many "repossessed" treasures had come to rest in a new institution, the public museum, where they were assigned educational tasks. Anne Higonnet's book begins at this turning point in the history of art, but it looks instead at another new institution, the collection museum. Emerging in London with the Wallace Collection, the collection museum spread rapidly in Gilded Age America. To the discontent of many Europeans, cash-flush Americans like J.P. Morgan and Henry Clay Frick went on collecting campaigns that netted masterpiece after masterpiece, along with the furniture and fittings of dozens of aristocratic residences.From the outset, these collectors planned to present their trophies to the public as museums in which they could dictate each and every detail of the arrangements. Drawing on a decade of research, Higonnet weaves letters, auction records and photographs into an engrossing account of the founding of both renowned and obscure collection museums. She also explores how these collectors stoked the tremendous values accorded paintings by Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Velazquez, Gainsborough and Reynolds.
Rating:
(out of 1 reviews)
List Price: $ 49.95
Price: $ 28.00
Other posts like this, by keyword:
Reviews:
HOBBY, GLADYS LOUNSBURY (1910-1993): An entry from Gale’s World of Microbiology and Immunology Reviews ...
The 2009 Import and Export Market for Iron or Steel Nails, Tacks, and Staples Excluding Staples in Strips for Office Use and Articles with C ...
Making Creativity Accountable: How Successful Advertisers Manage Their Television and Print Reviews ...
Introduction to Laser Diode-Pumped Solid State Lasers (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Vol. TT53) Reviews ...
The Art Of Date Selection : Personal Date Selection For Personal Activities and Endeavours Reviews ...
Family-Style Meals at the Hali’imaile General Store Reviews ...
Naturally Curious: A Photographic Field Guide and Month-by-Month Journey Through the Fields, Woods, and Marshes of New England Reviews ...
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics Reviews ...
Angels Dance And Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison Reviews ...
Joan of Arc and Spirituality (New Middle Ages) Reviews ...
Museum:
Tops: Building and Experimenting with Spinning Toys (Boston Children’s Museum Activity Book) ...
American Art of the Twentieth Century: Treasures of the Whitney Museum of American Art (Tiny Folio) ...
Thornton W. Burgess Society Green Briar Nature Center, Jam Kitchen and Museum ...
Artwise Paris Museum Map – Laminated Museum Map of Paris, FR ...
The Strange Museum: Pirate’s Revenge ...
ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) ...
European Paintings in the Toledo Museum of Art ...
Raqqa Revisited: Ceramics of Ayyubid Syria (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) ...
Brothel to see new action as museum ...
Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century (Metropolitan Museum of Art) ...
Public:
American Public Support for U.S. Military Operations from Magadishu to Baghdad: Technical Appendixes ...
Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action (J-B Public Health/Health Services Text) ...
Public Health Nursing: Practicing Population-Based Care Reviews ...
Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States ...
Private Diary Of Travels, Personal Services, And Public Events During Mission And Employment With The European Armies In The Campaigns Of 18 ...
The Microbial Challenge: Science, Disease, and Public Health, Second Edition ...
The Public Order and the Sacred Order: Contemporary Issues, Catholic Social Thought, and the Western and American Traditions ...
The Book of Answers: The New York Public Library Telephone Reference Service’s Most Unusual & Entertaining Questions ...
The Book of Answers: The New York Public Library Telephone Reference Service’s Most Unusual and Entertaining Questions Reviews ...
The Life and Public Services of James G. Blaine; With Incidents, Anecdotes, and Romantic Events Connected With His Early Life; Containing Al ...
Gift:
LENSEC Gives the Gift of Security to St. Joseph Medical Center Patients and Families ...
Q&A: How do you distinguish between a gratuity and a gift. And how do you discuss regional differences.? ...
Gift And Award Edition ...
Inconceivable: A Medical Mistake, the Baby We Couldn’t Keep, and Our Choice to Deliver the Ultimate Gift ...
Mutti’s mother’s day gift ...
The Christmas Baby’s Gift (Wedlocked! #19; Harlequin Presents #2365) ...
What is a good christmas gift for someone who’s hobbies are poetry and swimming? ...
Princess Poppy: Gift Collection (Includes Twinkletoes, The Fair Day Ball and The Wedding) ...
Works of O. Henry. (200+ Works). Incl: The Ransom of Red Chief, The Cop and the Anthem, The Gift of the Magi, A Retrieved Reformation, After ...
A Gift To The People:: A Collection Of Writings By Ghost Dancer ...
Private:
Private Diary Of Travels, Personal Services, And Public Events During Mission And Employment With The European Armies In The Campaigns Of 18 ...
The Golden Age of American Gardens: Proud Owners * Private Estates 1890-1940 Reviews ...
The Wirtz Private Garden ...
Shannon Holmes, Private Detective ...
Principles of Private Firm Valuation (Wiley Finance) ...
The Private Collections: Classic Recipes for Entertaining Today (Classic Recipes for Entertaining Today, A Private Collection and Private Co ...
Lancelot Andrewers and his Private devotions a Biography a Transcript nad an Interpretation Reviews ...
The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and pr ...
Public, private sectors interwoven at Lauren Rogers Museum.(Focus Arts & Entertainment): An article from: Mississippi Business Journal ...
Duff’s book-keeping, by single and double entry. Practically illustrating merchants’, manufacturers’, private bankers̵ ...
Collecting:
Collecting Classic Video Games (Schiffer Book for Collectors) ...
The Beanie Encyclopedia: A Complete Unofficial Guide to Collecting Beanie Babies ...
Collecting Cooper: A Thriller ...
The World Encyclopedia of Coins & Coin Collecting: The definitive illustrated reference to the world’s greatest coins and a profes ...
I want to start reading and collecting comics where do i start? ...
The life and entertaining adventures of Mr. Cleveland, natural son of Oliver Cromwell, written by himself. … Originally printed in fiv ...
Kings and Connoisseurs: Collecting Art in Seventeenth-Century Europe (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies) ...
The RTI Daily Planning Book, K-6: Tools and Strategies for Collecting and Assessing Reading Data & Targeted Follow-Up Instruction ...
One's:
Ten Big Ones (Stephanie Plum, No. 10) ...
Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally ...
Epic Films: Casts, Credits and Commentary on over 250 Historical Spectacle Movies ...
No comments:
Post a Comment