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Artfare: Aesthetic Profiling from Napoléon to Neoliberalism.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scheid, Kirsten, Author.
- Series:
- The Destruction of Cultural Heritage: From Napoléon to ISIS ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art as an investment.
- Historiography.
- Imperialism.
- Military art and science.
- Art Market.
- Colonialism.
- Genre:
- Essays
- Tracts (Ephemera)
- Essay.
- Pamphlets.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified], Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Napoléon was the first conqueror to "legalize" looting by forcing the vanquished to sign contracts surrendering historic art objects. The recent selling off and dispersal of the collection of Iraq Museum, was presented as the simple work of market forces, but it continues and extends Napoleonic forms of looting."-- provided by distributor.
- Notes:
- Archived and cataloged by Library Stack
- CC BY-NC-ND.
- Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 09/29/2025).
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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