Pleasures of Antiquity British Collections of Greece of Rome

Name: Pleasures of Antiquity British Collections of Greece of Rome
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ISBN: 9780300098549

ISBN-10: 0300098545

ISBN-13: 9780300098549

Edition: 2003

Authors: I. Jonathan Scott

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Jonathan Scott gives us portraits of the principal British art collectors up to the early 19th century, describes the mechanics of the art trade & guides the reader through the great sculpture galleries created to house the private collections of the time.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 6/10/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 348
Size: 0.80" wide x 1.05" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 3.102
Language: English



Preface



The First Collectors



Collecting under the Later Stuarts



Grand Tour Collecting in the Early Eighteenth Century



The Heyday of Collecting



Ten Collections of the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century



The Founders of the British Museum Collections: Hamilton, Knight and Townley



Greek Antiquities



The Last Collections


Notes


Index


Photograph Credits