When Michelangelo Was Modern : : Collecting, Patronage and the Art Market in Italy, 1450-1650 / / edited by Inge Reist.

• Superior document: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
• TeilnehmendeR: Reist, Inge,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2022.; Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets ; 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (277 pages)
• Notes: This book presents case studies of collectors, patrons, and agents whose activities redefined collecting and the art market during a period when the status of the artist, rise of connoisseurship, and patterns of consumption established new models for collecting and display.

"Through case studies of collectors, patrons, and agents who redefined collecting and the art market, this volume illuminates how the changing status of the artist, rise of connoisseurship, role of intermediaries and new patterns of consumption established models for collecting and display that resemble those still practiced today. The book presents new research by recognized scholars who examine the motivations of collectors and agents, emphasizing how their collecting, patronage and advocacy could require support of artists whose reputations were not fully established. Together, the essays invite consideration of works that are familiar in art-historical terms but less so as markers of the socio-economic shifts of a particular cultural moment. This book evolved from a symposium "When Michelangelo was Modern: The Art Market and Collecting in Italy, 1450-1650," organized by the Center for the History of Collecting, that was held at The Frick Collection on April 12 and 13, 2019. Both the book and the symposium were made possible through the generous support of the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation. The book is published in association with The Frick Collection"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Courtesans as Collectors and Tastemakers in Renaissance Italy / Chriscinda Henry -- Modern Michelangelos? Copies, Fakes, and New Economies of Taste in the Early Seicento / Hannah Joy Friedman -- Artists as Critics, and Critics as Artists: Collaboration and Inclination in Giulio Mancini's Taste Formation / Frances Gage.