The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857 : entrepreneurs, connoisseurs and the public / Elizabeth A. Pergam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pergam, Elizabeth A.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England).

Art Treasures Exhibition.

Art and society--England--Manchester--History--19th century.

Art and society.

History.

England--Manchester.

Physical Description:

xvi, 368 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Entrepreneurs, connoisseurs and the public

Place of Publication:

Surrey, UK, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.

Summary:

American art scholar Pergam specializes in the study of American collecting of Old Master and British paintings, and has been Curator of the Dian Woodner Collection since 2006. The recent interest in the history or art exhibition has managed to skip one of the most important, she argues. The Manchester exhibition displayed over 16,000 works of art to nearly a million and half people over the course of five months. She discusses art and commerce in Manchester at mid-century, what to see and where to see it, guiding and recording from pamphlets to photographs, practicing art history, and profiting through art. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction the first blockbuster

Art and commerce in Manchester at mid-century

"What to see and where to see it"

Guiding and recording: from pamphlets to photograph

Practicing art history

Profiting through art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-344) and index.

ISBN:

9781409418306

1409418308

OCLC:

651012024