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Now available in paperback for the first time, this study of the modern London art market establishes the central importance of London for the development of the modern retail market in fine art. Leading experts track the emergence and development of the structures and practices that have come to characterize the commercial art system, including the commercial art gallery, the professional dealer, the exhibition cycle and its accompanying rhetoric of press coverage and publicity, and an international network for the circulation of goods. This new commercial system involved a massive transformation of the experience of viewing art; of the relationships between artists, dealers, collectors, art objects and audiences; and of the very criteria of aesthetic value itself. Its history is thus a vital part of the history of modern art, and this anthology will be of interest to art historians as well as scholars of Victorian Studies, Museum Studies, and Social History. -- .Product Identifiers
PublisherManchester University Press
ISBN-139780719084614
eBay Product ID (ePID)138631132
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Book TitleThe Rise of the Modern Art Market in London: 1850-1939
AuthorAnne Helmreich, Pamela Fletcher
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
GenreFinance
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width156mm
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EditorAnne Helmreich, Pamela Fletcher
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom