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Old Masters, New World
Cynthia Saltzman
其他書名
America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures
出版Penguin, 2008-08-14
主題Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, PhotographersHistory / Modern / 19th Century
ISBN14406339599781440633959
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=o1-JKJje6YAC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.