Lotteries, art markets, and visual culture in the Low Countries, 15th-17th centuries / / by Sophie Raux.
Lotteries, Art Markets, and Visual Culture examines lotteries as devices for distributing images and art objects, and constructing their value in the former Low Countries. Alongside the fairs and before specialist auction sales were established, they were an atypical but popular and large-scale form...
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| Superior document: | Studies in the history of collecting & art markets ; Volume 4 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the history of collecting & art markets.
Volume 4. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (389 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Origin and Typology of Lotteries in the Low Countries
- The Machinery of Success: Expert Valuation—Exhibition—Draw
- Visualizing the Material and Moral Stakes of Institutional Lotteries
- Lottery Posters and Booklets: The Role of Print in Structuring the Art Worlds
- Commercial Lotteries in the Spanish Netherlands: Actors, Networks, Risks, and Profits
- At the Heart of the Commercial Lotteries
- The Mirage of Art and Wealth: The Lottery’s Economic, Social, and Cultural Impacts
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Places.