Bernard Quaritch PDF Download
Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Bernard Quaritch PDF full book. Access full book title Bernard Quaritch by Bernard Quaritch (Firm). Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: Paget Jackson Toynbee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comparative literature
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: Paget Jackson Toynbee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comparative literature
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: Helena E. Wright
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 193562363X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Get Book Here
Book Description
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2015 Winner, Ewell Newman Award of the American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2016 In 1849 the Smithsonian purchased the Marsh Collection of European engravings. Not only the first collection of any kind to be acquired by the new Institution, it was also the first public print collection in the nation, and it presented an important symbol of cultural authority. The prints formed part of the library of Vermont Congressman George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), a member of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents. The uncertainty of the Smithsonian's mission in the early years complicated its motivation for purchasing the collection, especially given Marsh’s position as a Regent in financial difficulty. After a serious fire in 1865, portions of the collection were deposited at the Library of Congress and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Efforts to reclaim it began in the 1880s, as a new generation of Smithsonian staff expanded the National Museum, but they achieved only mixed success. Through the story of the Marsh Collection, the book explores the cultural values attributed to prints in the 19th century, including their prominent role in expositions and their influence on visual culture at a time when collecting styles were moving from an individual’s private contemplation of artworks to wider public venues of exposition in museums and reception by multiple audiences. The history of this first Smithsonian collection enlivens an important stage in the development of American cultural identity and in the formation of the Smithsonian as a national institution.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: John Herbert Slater
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engravers
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Get Book Here
Book Description
Author: V. FIGGINS (and (J.) Printers.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Get Book Here
Book Description
