Old Masters, New World
America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures
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Word Count
96,000 words, Guess
Page Count
384 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100670018317
- ISBN-139780670018314
- LibraryThing5649722
- Library of Congress Control Number2008022141
- OCLC Control Number180754924
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780670018314
- Open LibraryOL11067195M
Classifications
- LCCND450.S25 2008
- LCCND450 .S25 2008
- DDC759.94075
Description
"Old Masters, New World" is the story of beauty, aesthetics, and taste; money, trade, and power. It is a backstage look at the part played in American collecting by experts like Bernard Berenson and dealers like Colnaghi, Knoedler, and Duveena who raced around Europe to negotiate purchases and sales of the rarest and most costly masterpieces"--From publisher description.
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