Isabella Stewart Gardner : a life / Nathaniel Silver, Diana Seave Greenwald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silver, Nathaniel E., author.

Greenwald, Diana Seave, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924.

Gardner, Isabella Stewart.

Art--Collectors and collecting--Biography.

Art.

Women philanthropists--United States.

Women philanthropists.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts ; Princeton, New Jersey : Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum : Princeton University Press, [2022]

Summary:

A major new biography of legendary art collector and philanthropist Isabella Stewart GardnerIsabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) assembled an extraordinary collection of art from diverse cultures and eras--and built a Venetian-style palazzo in Boston to share these exquisite treasures with the world. But her life and work remains shrouded in myth. Separating fiction and fact, this book paints an unforgettable portrait of Gardner, drawing on her substantial personal archive and including previously unpublished findings to offer new perspectives on her life and her construction of identity.Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald shed new light on Gardner's connections to minority communities in Boston, her views on suffrage and other issues of the day, the sources of her and her husband's wealth, and her ties to politicians, writers, and artists. What emerges is a multifaceted portrait of a trailblazing collector and patron of the arts--from Italian Renaissance paintings to Chinese antiquities--who built a museum unprecedented in its curatorial vision.Beautifully illustrated, this book challenges any portrayal of Gardner as a straightforward feminist hero, revealing instead an exceptional, complex woman who created a legendary museum and played a vibrant and influential role in the art world.Distributed for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Director's Foreword

Introduction

Isabella's Family and Early Life 1840-1867

Isabella's Education 1867-c. 1890

Art Collecting in Earnest 1890-1896

Creating the Museum 1896-1903

The Life of the Museum 1903-1924

Coda

Notes

Appendix 1: Countries Visited by Isabella

Appendix 2: Isabella's Art Expenditures by Year

Index

Photography Credits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691973845

0691973849

OCLC:

1343250726