Italy for Sale : Alternative Objects - Alternative Markets / edited by Denise Budd and Lynn Catterson.
"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Italian Renaissance art, objects, and even the idea of Italy itself figured heavily both in the dynamic international art market and in the eyes of the general public. The alternative objects that were actively dispersed and collected -- au...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
Brill,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Studies in the history of collecting & art markets ;
Volume 19. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Italian Renaissance art, objects, and even the idea of Italy itself figured heavily both in the dynamic international art market and in the eyes of the general public. The alternative objects that were actively dispersed and collected -- authentic works, pastiches, Renaissance-inspired counterfeits, and reproductions -- in the diverse media of paint, plaster, terracotta, and photography, had a tremendous impact on visual culture across social strata. These essays examine less studied aspects of this market through the lens of just a few of the countless successful sales of objects out of Italy"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (501 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9789004680449 9004680446 |