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UNINA9910792568803321 |
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Autore |
Brimo René <1911-1948, > |
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The evolution of taste in American collecting / / René Brimo ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Kenneth Haltman |
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University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 405 pages ) |
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Disciplina |
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Aesthetics |
Art museums - United States |
Art - Collectors and collecting - United States |
Art - United States - History |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published as L'évolution du goût aux États-Unis d'après l'histoire des collections by René Brimo (Paris, 1938). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-370) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Making Sense of an Unusual Contribution to Art History -- Notes -- Th e Evolution of Taste in American Collecting -- Preface -- Introduction -- Book 1: Early Developments: From the Colonial Period to the Philadelphia Centennial -- Book 2: The Triumph of Quality: Major Collections from the Philadelphia Centennial to the Great War -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"A critical translation of Rene Brimo's 1938 French study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century patronage and art collecting in the United States"--Provided by publisher. |
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