To Collect and Conquer: American Collections in the Gilded Age

During the second half of the nineteenth century, commissioning and collecting art became an essential feature of displaying power. This article thus looks at the American art market as a lens to study the changing dynamics between the newly affluent businessmen and politicians. Considering both the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michaël Vottero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2014-02-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
Subjects:
art
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6492