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Old Masters, New World by Cynthia Saltzman

Old Masters, New World

America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures

America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures

By Cynthia Saltzman

By Cynthia Saltzman

By Cynthia Saltzman

By Cynthia Saltzman

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Jul 28, 2009 | ISBN 9780143115311

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    About Old Masters, New World

    A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world

    In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe’s extraordinary Old Master pictures, causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic. Old Masters, New World is a backstage look at the cutthroat competition, financial maneuvering, intrigue, and double-dealing often involved in these purchases, not to mention the seductive power of the ravishing paintings that drove these collectors-including financier J. Pierpont Morgan, sugar king H. O. Havemeyer, Boston aesthete Isabella Stewart Gardner, and industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Packed with stunning reproductions, this is an ideal gift book for art lovers and history buffs alike.

    About Old Masters, New World

    A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world

    In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe’s extraordinary Old Master pictures, causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic. Old Masters, New World is a backstage look at the cutthroat competition, financial maneuvering, intrigue, and double-dealing often involved in these purchases, not to mention the seductive power of the ravishing paintings that drove these collectors-including financier J. Pierpont Morgan, sugar king H. O. Havemeyer, Boston aesthete Isabella Stewart Gardner, and industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Packed with stunning reproductions, this is an ideal gift book for art lovers and history buffs alike.

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    About Cynthia Saltzman

    A former reporter for Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, Cynthia Saltzman earned degrees in art history at Harvard and Berkeley. She currently resides with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

    About Cynthia Saltzman

    A former reporter for Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, Cynthia Saltzman earned degrees in art history at Harvard and Berkeley. She currently resides with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

    Product Details

    Category: Art | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | History

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 28, 2009 | 352 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143115311

    Category: Art | Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | History

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 14, 2008 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781440633959

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    Praise

    ” A lively, knowledgeable chronicle of a three-decade art-buying spree . . . so ably recaptured in her colorful, enjoyable narrative.”
    –Chicago Tribune

    ” Saltzman revivifies the story by showing . . . how these alpha collectors schemed and maneuvered to outsmart the dealers and each other in their feverish quest for the best Rembrandt or the rarest Raphael.”
    –The Philadelphia Inquirer

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