{"product_id":"the-evolution-of-taste-in-american-collecting-a-critical-edition-translated-from-the-french-l-evolution-du-gout-aux-etatsunis-d-apres-l-histoire-d-9780271073248","title":"The Evolution of Taste in American Collecting A","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA critical translation of René Brimo's 1938 French study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century patronage and art collecting in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kenneth Haltman’s edition makes the book available in English and also provides a rich biographical and intellectual context for Brimo’s work, a most timely contribution to an emerging discipline of art market studies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Julie Codell \u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Collections\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The judicious reader will find much to admire and much of scholarly value in Kenneth Haltman’s translation of René Brimo’s \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Taste in American Collecting\u003c\/i\u003e. Brimo’s encyclopedic knowledge of his subject results in a host of penetrating observations about artists, critics, collectors, dealers, and institutions. Haltman’s introduction is a research tour de force that brings to light an extraordinary if mainly forgotten scholar and his opus magnum, hitherto virtually unknown to students of American art and history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Alan Wallach,Ralph H. Wark Professor of Art and Art History and Professor of American Studies Emeritus, The College of William and Mary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brimo’s book is a remarkable, groundbreaking investigation of America’s evolving artistic tastes, a compendium of collectors—individual and institutional—and the cultural backdrops for their interests, an early history of museums in America, and a comprehensive overview of the literature of American art up to his time. Haltman’s translation makes this significant scholarly achievement more widely available and, thanks to his judicious editorial interventions, more reliable. His introduction brings to light—and to life—an intriguing personality.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Carol Troyen \u003ci\u003ecaa.reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking Sense of an Unusual Contribution to Art History 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes 67\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth Haltman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Evolution of Taste in American Collecting 85\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRené Brimo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface 87\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 89\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly Developments: From the Colonial Period to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhiladelphia Centennial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Colonial America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking Backward 96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Science or Sentiment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Historical Introduction, 1776–1840] 107\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Encyclopedic Spirit 111\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Search for a National Style 121\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: The Critical Era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Historical Introduction, 1840–1876] 131\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 TheTaste for Anecdote and Realism 135\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Discovery of History 151\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eook 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Triumph of Quality: Major Collections from the Philadelphia Centennial to the Great War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Historical Introduction, 1876–1919] 166\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Eclecticism 171\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Notion of the “Old Master” 195\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Vogue for Archaeology and “Pre-History” 226\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Staying in Touch with the Contemporary Scene 255\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 The Modern Art Museum 272\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion 294\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes 301\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography 344\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400795627863,"sku":"9780271073248","price":73.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-evolution-of-taste-in-american-collecting-a-critical-edition-translated-from-the-french-l-evolution-du-gout-aux-etatsunis-d-apres-l-histoire-d-9780271073248","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}