British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response
British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response - Reflections Across the Pond presents 14 essays by distinguished art - and…
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British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response
British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response - Reflections Across the Pond presents 14 essays by distinguished art - and cultural - historians. Unlike most of their Continental European counterparts, the English and Americans have historically been exceptionally open to collecting the art made by and for other cultures. Collectively, they examine points of similarity and difference in the approaches to art collecting practiced in Britain and the United States.
Approximately half the essays examine the trends and market forces that dominated the British art collecting scene of the nineteenth century, such as the Orleans sale and the shift away from aristocratic collections to those of the new urban merchant class. At the same time, they developed a tradition of opening private collections to a public eager for educational and cultural advancement. The essays that focus on
British Art and the Environment
British and American History
Art of the American West