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The Melancholy of Masterpieces: Old Masters Paintings in America, 1900-1914
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by:
Gennari Santori, Flaminia
Santori, Flaminia Gennari
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Publisher:
5 Continents Editions
Published: June 1, 2003
ISBN: 8874390270
Format:Paperback
Pages:288
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Book Description
About the Author
Flaminia Gennari Santori holds degrees in the history of art from the University of Rome and the European University Institute, where she earned a Ph.D. in 2002. She is currently Research Projects Coordinator at the Olivetti Foundation
in Rome.
Book Description
An investigation of American collecting between 1900 and 1914, this book details the impact of transatlantic displacements and mass media on the public's perception of old master paintings. Rather than a consideration
of the itineraries of their acquisitions, this is an analysis of the political, cultural, and social implications of the phenomenon and how it functioned within American society and in relation to Europe. Retrieved is the New York milieu of journalists,
political commentators, and "tastemasters" who constructed a journalistic genre, a means of collective identification, and an instrument of personal strategy around the arrival of old master paintings in America. These actors rapidly and effectively
turned the acquisition of old masters into a national cultural act, which this text places in a larger narrative that involves issues of national identity and cultural definition.
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