Download or read book American Art written by Stephen M. Sessler and published by Merrell. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the serious collector and connoisseur of American art of the 19th and 20th centuries, this illuminating series of essays will be invaluable. Twenty-eight chapters, each written by an acknowledged expert in their field, offer thought-provoking examinations of a wide variety of topics. The book is divided into three sections. Part I, "The Historical Overview", explores subjects ranging from the Hudson River School to the art of the American West, American artists in Europe, American Impressionism, modernism, African American art, and the major artists John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Marsden Hartley, Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky, John Graham, Willem de Kooning and Guy Pène du Bois. Part II deals with "Connoisseurship and the Collector", and covers such topics as developing an instinct for quality; dealing in fine art; conservation; choosing wisely in making a collection; researching paintings you may be considering acquiring; the role of qualified art advisers; the anatomy of an auction; and legal issues when buying and selling art. Featured in these discussions are prominent collectors who have contributed so greatly to the American art scene over many years. Part III is devoted to "Changes in the Art Market". Here the authors consider, among other subject matter, ways of connecting historical American art and the modern world; why galleries matter; and shifting tastes in American art."--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Rembrandt in America written by George S. Keyes and published by Skira. This book was released on 2011 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Rembrandt in America, 30 October 2011-22 January 2012 at the North Carolina Museum of Art, 19 February-28 May 2012 at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and 24 June-16 September 2012 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts"--T.p. verso.

Download or read book The Collecting and Connoisseurship of Architectural Drawings written by Timothy Lingard and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Leonardo written by John Brewer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1919 a returning World War I veteran named Harry Hahn and his French bride attempted to sell what they thought was a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci in New York. Renowned art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen declared the picture-La Belle Ferronnière-a fake without ever seeing the canvas. The Hahns sued Duveen for slander, setting off a legal battle that would last for decades. In The American Leonardo, John Brewer traces the twisting path of the Hahn La Belle-a painting of famously uncertain origin--as he illuminates the workings of the twentieth-century art market, exploring such larger questions about the art world such as how attributions are made, how they affect both the status and value of artworks, and how the entire system of art dealers, curators, and connoisseurs authenticates works of art. In the early twentieth century new methods of scientific analysis developed, which meant that for the first time, the critical eye of the connoisseur had to contend with an emerging array of scientific and forensic tests that (however crude at their inception) promised a degree of objectivity and reliability unattainable before. Brewer shows how the tension between the two methods of attribution lay at the heart of the Hahn La Belle dispute, which continues to this day. The painting currently languishes in an Omaha storage vault awaiting the resolution of the most recent lawsuit. For artists and art-lovers, collectors and curators--and for anyone who's ever stood in front of a painting and wondered about its story--The American Leonardo offers a discerning and entertaining view into the art world.

Download or read book Connoisseurship written by Christina M. Anderson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the central importance of connoisseurship in the rarefied world of art collecting, it occupies an uncomfortable position in modern scholarship. On the one hand, the concept retains a significant role in the study of art and the care of public and private collections when it is linked with art appreciation, qualities visible to the attuned eye, or the processes of attribution and authentication. On the other hand, the last century has seen connoisseurship marginalized in academic discourse: it is often associated with amateurism, social elitism, status-display, and intellectual mystification. The present collection of essays enters this breach and--by adopting a broad, interdisciplinary approach--considers connoisseurship afresh, investigating its practice in both familiar and unexpected places. Essays on the role of connoisseurship in Western art history appear alongside innovative, global perspectives on Chinese numismatics and walnut collecting, wine and coffee expertise, the market for geological specimens, and the parallels between Morellian connoisseurship and modern forensics. These essays resonate with one another in surprising ways and create new dialogues about connoisseurship's meaning and application, demonstrating that its practice can be both intuitive and scientific.

Download or read book Studies in Connoisseurship written by Marilyn Fu and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The description for this book, Studies in Connoisseurship: Chinese Painting from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection in New York and Princeton, will be forthcoming.

Download or read book Art Market and Connoisseurship written by Anna Tummers and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of whether seventeenth-century painters such as Rembrandt and Rubens were exclusively responsible for the paintings later sold under their names has caused many a heated debate. Despite the rise of scholarship on the history of the art market, much is still unknown about the ways in which paintings were produced, assessed, priced, and marketed during this period, which leads to several provocative questions: did contemporary connoisseurs expect masters such as Rembrandt to paint works entirely by their own hand? Who was credited with the ability to assess paintings as genuine? The contributors to this engaging collection—Eric Jan Sluijter, Hans Van Miegroet, and Neil De Marchi, among them—trace these issues through the booming art market of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, arriving at fascinating and occasionally unexpected conclusions.

Download or read book Connoisseurship written by Ursus Rare Books, Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluating Your Collection written by and published by WESLEYAN University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book on connoisseurship launches the new Winterthur Decorative Arts Series. Utilizing the unparalleled resources of the Winterthur collection and staff, these books will provide a unique forum of how-to advice for novices and experts alike.

Download or read book Mariette and the Science of the Connoisseur in Eighteenth Century Europe written by Kristel Smentek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated connoisseur, drawings collector, print dealer, book publisher and authority on the art of antiquity, Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774) was a pivotal figure in the eighteenth-century European art world. Focusing on the trajectory of Mariette?s career, this book examines the material practices and social networks through which connoisseurs forged the idea of art as an object of empirical and historical analysis. Drawing on significant unpublished archival material as well as on histories of science, publishing, collecting and display, this book shows how Mariette and his colleagues? practices of classification and interpretation of the graphic arts gave rise to new conceptions of artistic authorship and to a history of art that transcended the biographies of individual artists. To follow Mariette?s career through the eighteenth century is to see that art was consolidated as a specialized category of intellectual inquiry-and that style emerged as its structuring analytic device-in the overlapping spaces of the collector?s cabinet, the connoisseur?s portfolio and the dealer?s shop.

Download or read book The Connoisseur written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book On Art and Connoisseurship written by Max J. Friedlander and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AMONG art historians of to-day there is hardly anyone who enjoys a position comparable to that of Dr. Max J. Friedländer. He is universally recognized as being probably the greatest living expert, notably, of course, on the early Netherlandish and German masters; and in normal times not a day passed on which pictures were not submitted to him for opinion from all parts of the world. But he is much more than the mere, if accomplished, expert, worried without respite by people eager for his verdict on their possessions: the list of his writings—all of them revealing the outlook of the born historian—makes a truly imposing series, culminating in his monumental History of Early Netherlandish Painting issued from 1924 onwards in fourteen substantial volumes. And for a long time the whole of this ceaseless activity had for its background Dr. Friedländer’s connection with the Berlin Picture Gallery and Print Room: their marvellous growth during the period in question owes in fact an enormous debt to the distinguished scholar, whose career as an official came to an end in 1933, when Dr. Friedländer relinquished the post as Head of the great Picture Gallery, to which he had been appointed as Wilhelm von Bode’s successor. It is, indeed, the very aroma of that institution in its best days which pervades the whole activity of one of the greatest of those who stand to it in the relation of at once alumnus and creator.

Download or read book On Art and Connoisseurship written by Max J. Friedlander and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ON ART AND CONNOISSEURSHIP tr MAX J. FRIEDLANDER With 40 Illustrations Beacon Press Beacon Hill Boston Translated from the authors manuscript by TANCRED BORENIUS First published in 1942 by Bruno Cassirer, Ltd. First published as a Beacon Paperback in 1960 by permission of Bruno Cassirer, Ltd. - J l Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS PACE INTRODUCTION. By TANCRED BORENIUS 9 PREFACE 1 3 I. SEEING, PERCEIVING, PLEASURABLE CONTEMPLA TION 19 II. EXISTENCE, APPEARANCE, OBJECTIVE INTEREST IN THINGS 32 III. ART AND SYMBOL 39 IV, FORM, COLOUR, TONALITY, LIGHT, GOLD 43 V. THE CONCEPT OF PICTORIAL 3 VI. SIZE AND SCALE, DISTANT VIEW AND NEAR VIEW 8 VH. ON LINEAR PERSPECTIVE 64 Vffl. MOVEMENT 69 DC. TRUTH TO NATURE, ARTISTIC VALUE AND STYLE 75-X. INDIVIDUALITY AND TYPE 84 XI. ON BEAUTY 87 XII. ON COMPOSITION 91 XIII. ON THE PICTURE CATEGORIES 97 XTV. RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR HISTORY IN PAINTING 100 XV. THE NUDE 104 XVI. GENRE PAINTING 108 XVII. LANDSCAPE 113 XVffl. PORTRAITURE 124 XK. STILL LIFE W v-V. t I3, S CONTENTS PAGE XX. THE ARTIST GENIUS AND TALENT 1 34 XXI, ART AND ERUDITION 143 XXn. THE STANDPOINT OF THE SPECTATOR 1 55 XXffl. ON THE VALUE OF THE DETERMINATION OF AUTHORSHIP 160 XXIV. ON THE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA OF AUTHORSHIP 163 XXV. ON INTUITION AND THE FIRST IMPRESSION 172 XXVI. PROBLEMS OF CONNOISSEURSHIP 179 XXVIt. THE ANALYTICAL EXAMINATION OF PICTURES 1 84 XXVUI. ON THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY 197 XXIX. ON PERSONALITY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT 200 XXX. ON THE ANONYMOUS MASTERS, THE MEDIUM MASTERS AND THE LESSER MASTERS 213 XXXI. THE STUDY OF DRAWINGS 218 XXXII. INFLUENCE 222 XXXHI. ARTISTIC QUALITY ORIGINAL AND COPY 230 XXXIV. DEDUCTIONS A POSTERIORI FROM COPIES REGARDING LOST ORIGINALS246 XXXV. WORKSHOP PRODUCTION 2 0 XXXVI. ON FORGERIES 2 8 XXXVH. ON RESTORATIONS 267 XXXVni. ON ART LITERATURE 273 INDEX 281 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS HATE FACING PAGI i . HANS MEMIING. PORTRAIT OF A MAN IN AN ATTITUDE OF PRAYER. Lugano, Castle Rohoncz Collection frontispiece 2. MATTHIAS GRUNEWALD. THE CRUCIFIXION. Colmar Museum 24 3. PAUL CEZANNE. AUVERS-SUR-OISE 24-4. MASTER OF ALKMAAR. PANEL FROM THE SERIES OF THE WORKS OF MERCY. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum 48 . DIRK BOUTS. THE LAST JUDGMENT Detail. Lille, Museum 9 2 6. ADOLPH VON MENZEL. SCENE FROM THE LIFE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT Woodcut 93 7. ALBRECHT DURER. A NUDE WOMAN Drawing. Bay onne, Museum 104 8. ALBRECHT DURER. ADAM AND EVE Drawing. New York, Morgan Library 105-9. JAN VAN EYCK. THE ROLLIN MADONNA Detail. Paris, Louvre 1 1 2 10. JOACHIM PATINIR. LANDSCAPE WITH THE RIVER OF DEATH. Madrid, Prado r 1 3 11. LUCAS CRANACH. REST ON THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT. Berlin Picture Gallery 1 1 6 ii. WOLF HUBER. THE MONDSEE WITH THE SCHAFBERG Drawing. Nuremberg, Germanisches Museum 1 1 7 13. RUELAND FRUEAUF THE YOUNGER. PANEL FROM THE ALTARPIECE OF ST. LEOPOLD. Monastery of Kloster neuburg 120 14. LUCAS CRANACH. PORTRAIT OF JOHANN CUSPINIAN. Winterthur, Collection of Dr. O . Reinhart 1 2 1 i j. LUCAS CRANACH. PORTRAIT OF THE WIFE OF JOHANN CUSPINIAN. Winterthur, Collection of Dr. O. Rein hart 1 24 1 6. LUCAS VAN LEYDEN. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST Detail. Brunswick Museum 1 2 17. HANS MEMLING. STILL LIFE, Lugano, Castle Rohoncz Collection 13 1 8. MARINUS VAN REYMERSWAELE. ST. JEROME IN HIS STUDY. Madrid, Prado 1 3 i ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE FACING PAG i9. HUGO VAN DER GOES. ADORATION OF THE MAGI THE MONFORTE ALTARPIECE. Berlin Picture Gallery 148 20. HUGO VAN DERGOES. ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS THE PORTINARI ALTARPIECE. Florence, Uffizi 192 2i. HANS HOLBEIN. MADONNA OF THE BURGO-J MASTER MEYER. Darmstadt, Grand Ducal Castle BETWEEN 22. AFTER HANS HOLBEIN. MADONNA OF THE PAGES 232-3 BURGOMASTER MEYER. Dresden Gallery J 23. JAN VAN EYCK. CANON VAN DE PAELE Detail of the Altarpiece in the Bruges Museum 233 24. AFTER JAN VAN EYCK. CANON VAN DE PAELE. Hampton Court Palace. Copyright of H. M. The King 232 25-. BRUGES MASTER OF 1499. MADONNA WITH DONORS. Paris, Louvre 244 26. LUCAS CRANACH...

Download or read book The Connoisseur written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shaky Ground written by Elizabeth Marlowe and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent crisis in the world of antiquities collecting has prompted scholars and the general public to pay more attention than ever before to the archaeological findspots and collecting histories of ancient artworks. This new scrutiny is applied to works currently on the market as well as to those acquired since (and despite) the 1970 UNESCO Convention, which aimed to prevent the trafficking in cultural property. When it comes to famous works that have been in major museums for many generations, however, the matter of their origins is rarely considered. Canonical pieces like the Barberini Togatus or the Fonseca bust of a Flavian lady appear in many scholarly studies and virtually every textbook on Roman art. But we have no more certainty about these works' archaeological contexts than we do about those that surface on the market today. This book argues that the current legal and ethical debates over looting, ownership and cultural property have distracted us from the epistemological problems inherent in all (ostensibly) ancient artworks lacking a known findspot, problems that should be of great concern to those who seek to understand the past through its material remains.

Download or read book Kings and Connoisseurs written by Jonathan Brown and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid and exciting account of royal collectors, art dealers, connoisseurs, and the rise of old master paintings Old master paintings are among the most valuable and prestigious of the visual arts, and the best examples command the highest prices of any luxury commodity. In Kings and Connoisseurs, Jonathan Brown tells the story of how painting rose to this exalted status. The transformation of painting from an inexpensive to a costly art form reached a crucial stage in the royal courts of Europe in the seventeenth century, where rulers and aristocrats assembled huge collections, often in short periods of time. By comparing collecting and collectors at these courts, Brown explains the formation of new attitudes toward pictures, as well as the mechanisms that supported the enterprise of collecting, including the emergence of the art dealer, the development of connoisseurship, and the publication of sumptuous picture books of various collections. The result is an exciting narrative of greed and passion, played out against a background of international politics and intrigue.

Download or read book Private Collecting Exhibitions and the Shaping of Art History in London written by Stacey J. Pierson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burlington Fine Arts Club was founded in London in 1866 as a gentlemen’s club with a singular remit – to exhibit members’ art collections. Exhibitions were proposed, organized, and furnished by a group of prominent members of British society who included aristocrats, artists, bankers, politicians, and museum curators. Exhibitions at their grand house in Mayfair brought many private collections and collectors to light, using members’ social connections to draw upon the finest and most diverse objects available. Through their unique mode of presentation, which brought museum-style display and interpretation to a grand domestic-style gallery space, they also brought two forms of curatorial and art historical practice together in one unusual setting, enabling an unrestricted form of connoisseurship, where new categories of art were defined and old ones expanded. The history of this remarkable group of people has yet to be presented and is explored here for the first time. Through a framework of exhibition themes ranging from Florentine painting to Ancient Egyptian art, a study of lenders, objects, and their interpretation paints a picture of private collecting activities, connoisseurship, and art world practice that is surprisingly diverse and interconnected.