Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures - Paperback

$27.00

Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures - Paperback

Name: Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures - Paperback
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SKU: 9780143115311
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by Cynthia Saltzman

$27.00

Book Overview

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.

ISBN	9780143115311
Author	Cynthia Saltzman
Publisher	Penguin Publishing Group
Genre	Biography, History, and Arts
Format	Paperback
Published	July 2009
Language	ENG- English
Pages	352
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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