Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures by Saltzman, Cynthia

Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures

A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world In the...
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Author: Cynthia Saltzman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures by Saltzman, Cynthia

Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures

$87.99 $45.71

Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures

$87.99 $45.71
Author: Cynthia Saltzman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world

In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe's extraordinary Old Master pictures, causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic. Old Masters, New World is a backstage look at the cutthroat competition, financial maneuvering, intrigue, and double-dealing often involved in these purchases, not to mention the seductive power of the ravishing paintings that drove these collectors-including financier J. Pierpont Morgan, sugar king H. O. Havemeyer, Boston aesthete Isabella Stewart Gardner, and industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Packed with stunning reproductions, this is an ideal gift book for art lovers and history buffs alike.

Author: Cynthia Saltzman
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 07/01/2009
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.42w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780143115311
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
A former reporter for Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, Cynthia Saltzman earned degrees in art history at Harvard and Berkeley. She currently resides with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

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