Buying and Collecting Art and Antiquities in Eighteenth-Century Italy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diez del Corral Corredoira, Pilar.

Series:

Studies in the History of Collecting and Art Markets Series

Studies in the History of Collecting and Art Markets Series ; v.21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grand tours (Education).

Art objects, Italian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

This collective volume examines the rich and evolving art and antiques market in eighteenth-century Italy from various perspectives, ranging from the chrematistic view of the artwork to the demonstration of classical education and a specific social status.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Figures

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Roma capta

Part 1 Artists, Agents and Markets

Chapter 1 Stone Cold: Scrambling for Statu(e)s in Eighteenth-Century Rome

Chapter 2 Cavaceppi - Sculptor, Restorer, Dealer, Publisher and Forger

Chapter 3 Between Rule and Practice The Dynamics of the Antiquities Market of the Kingdom of Naples in the Second Half of the 18th Century, and Two Episodes concerning Ferdinando Galiani and William Hamilton

Chapter 4 Troiano Acquaviva and the Roman Art Market: an Agent in the Service of the Kings of Spain and Naples (1735-1747)

Chapter 5 Isabel de Farnesio, Filippo Juvarra, and the Modern Interior

Chapter 6 The State Hermitage Museum Russian Buyers of Glyptics in Rome of the Second Half of the 18th Century

Part 2 Grand Tourists, Collectors and Collections

Chapter 7 Alessandro Albani and European Practices of Collecting and Display in the Era of the Grand Tour

Chapter 8 Gems Never Seen Before: William Hamilton, Vesuvius and the Rising Taste for Rare Stones in Europe around 1770

Chapter 9 The 6th Count of Fernán Núñez's Grand Tour of Italy: an Example of Courtly Culture in Enlightenment Europe

Chapter 10 Between a Souvenir and Archeological Documentation: the Cork Model of the Paestum Temple in Chancellor Metternich's Collection

Chapter 11 Bringing Rome Home: Gifts and Souvenirs Acquired by Crown Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony during His Sojourn in the Eternal City, (1738-39)

Chapter 12 Grand Tour Pickings - Antiquities for Georgian Gothic Houses

Chapter 13 Commemorating Italy?: the Walpole and Brand Cabinets as Grand Tour Souvenirs of Elsewhere.

Chapter 14 Ancient and Modern: the Collecting Habit of John Campbell, First Baron Cawdor (1755-1821)

Chapter 15 The Russian Grand Tour: Sculptures Purchased by the Count and Countess of the North in Rome in 1782

Chapter 16 Private Pleasures, Public Propaganda, and the Power of the Past The Resurrection of the Swedish Royal Antiquities Collection under Gustav III

General Index

Back Cover.

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Other Format:

Print version: Diez del Corral Corredoira, Pilar Buying and Collecting Art and Antiquities in Eighteenth-Century Italy

ISBN:

9789004718210

OCLC:

1587888936