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The evolution of taste in American collecting /

"A critical translation of René Brimo's 1938 French study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century patronage and art collecting in the United States"--Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brimo, René, 1911-1948 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Haltman, Kenneth, 1957- (Traductor, Editor ), Évolution du goût aux États-Unis d'après l'histoire des collections
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER Front
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Making Sense of an Unusual Contribution to Art History (Kenneth Haltman)
  • Notes
  • THE EVOLUTION OF TASTE IN AMERICAN COLLECTING (René Brimo)
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • BOOK 1: EARLY DEVELOPMENTS From the Colonial Period to the Philadelphia Centennial
  • Part 1: COLONIAL AMERICA Looking Backward
  • Part 2: SCIENCE OR SENTIMENT [Historical Introduction, 1776-1840]
  • Chapter 1: Encyclopedic Spirit
  • Chapter 2: The Search for a National Style
  • Part 3: THE CRITICAL ERA [Historical Introduction, 1840-1876]
  • Chapter 1: The Taste for Anecdote and Realism
  • Chapter2: The Discovery of History
  • PLATES
  • BOOK 2: THE TRIUMPH OF QUALITY: Major Collections from the Philadelphia Centennial to the Great War
  • [Historical Introduction, 1876-1919]
  • Chapter 1: Eclecticism
  • Chapter 2: The Notion of the "Old Master"
  • Chapter 3: The Vogue for Archaeologya nd "Pre- History"
  • Chapter 4: Staying in Touch with the Contemporary Scene
  • Chapter 5: The Modern Art Museum
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • COVER Back