The Evolution of Taste in American Collecting / / René Brimo; ed. by Kenneth Haltman.
The Evolution of Taste in American Collecting is a new critical translation of René Brimo’s classic study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century patronage and art collecting in the United States. Originally published in French in 1938, Brimo’s foundational text is a detailed examination of collecting...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2016] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (424 p.) :; 43 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Making Sense of an Unusual Contribution to Art History
- Notes
- Th e Evolution of Taste in American Collecting
- Preface
- Introduction
- Book 1: Early Developments: From the Colonial Period to the Philadelphia Centennial
- Book 2: The Triumph of Quality: Major Collections from the Philadelphia Centennial to the Great War
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index