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Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 1028
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Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Published: 1907
Total Pages: 1028
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 270
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tom Stammers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-06-25
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1108807224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffering a broad and vivid survey of the culture of collecting from the French Revolution to the Belle Époque, The Purchase of the Past explores how material things became a central means of accessing and imagining the past in nineteenth-century France. By subverting the monarchical establishment, the French Revolution not only heralded the dawn of the museum age, it also threw an unprecedented quantity of artworks into commercial circulation, allowing private individuals to pose as custodians and saviours of the endangered cultural inheritance. Through their common itineraries, erudition and sociability, an early generation of scavengers established their own form of 'private patrimony', independent from state control. Over a century of Parisian history, Tom Stammers explores collectors' investments – not just financial but also emotional and imaginative – in historical artefacts, as well as their uncomfortable relationship with public institutions. In so doing, he argues that private collections were a critical site for salvaging and interpreting the past in a post-revolutionary society, accelerating but also complicating the development of a shared national heritage.
Author: British Library
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 756
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dwight P. Lanmon
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 0870996789
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume in a series of sixteen that features the more than two thousand works of art in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art focuses on the art of glass. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Author: Paul Janssens
Publisher: ASP / VUBPRESS / UPA
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9054874694
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresenting a rare glimpse into the dining rooms of Belgian nobility from the Middle Ages to modern times, specialists in the field discuss gastronomy and festive culture in a historical and sociological context. This stunning work provides insights into both the culinary proclivities and table manors of these epic gourmands, answering such questions as What was the daily menu of the dukes of Burgundy? What was behind the sudden enthusiasm for saltwater fish in the 17th century? and Why were exotic desserts so popular in the 19th century? A valuable addition to the historical study of Belgian Noblemen and the ruling elite, this bilingual collection--presented in both English and French--creates a wonderfully rich portrait of the past, from the dukes of Burgundy to Belgian royalty.