Mariette and the Science of the Connoisseur in Eighteenth Century - Europ

Zusatztext 109955889 Informationen zum Autor Kristel Smentek is Associate Professor of Art History! Department of Architecture! MIT! USA. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction: Art history and the 18th-century connoisseur; Knowledge economies of the print trade; The making of a drawings connoisseur; The collector's cut; Origins: of antiquarianism! aesthetics! and history; Conclusion: The Mariette sales; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Smentek Kristel, Kristel Smentek, Smentek Kristel
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2014
• EAN: 9781472438027
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-3802-7
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Studies in Art Historiography; Studies in Art Historiography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / History / General, ART / Museum Studies, ART / European, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, C 1700 To C 1800