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The Rise of the Modern Art Market in London: 1850-1939

The Rise of the Modern Art Market in London: 1850-1939

Fletcher, Pamela
Helmreich, Anne

Paperback

Art HistoryGeneral ArtBritish History

ISBN10: 071908461X
ISBN13: 9780719084614
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Jan 1 2013
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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.

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