Enriching The V A: A Collection Of Collections (1862-1914) Julius Bryant Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Art General

By 1862 Just A Decade After Its Launch As Study Collection For Art And Design The Victoria Albert Museum Had Become Reference Resource Collectors Scholars Art-Market Experts Enriching V Final Volume In Trilogy Of Books On Museum’s 19Th-Century History Describes How Young Rapid Growth Following Decades Was Driven More Agents Dealers Through Loans Gifts Bequests Than Combined Expertise Acquisitions Policies Buying Power Directors Curators Soon Became Collections Embodying New Age Collecting That Benefitted From Break-Up Historic Institutions Ancestral Across Europe Imperial Expeditions Asia Africa Industrial Revolution Created Social Class With Resources To Buy Expanding Market Especially Decorative Arts Many Were Touched Moral Imperative Collect Home However Humble Share Their Specialist Knowledge Enthusiasm Lending Public Museums Explores Formative Influence Pioneering Fields Scholarship A’s Leading Victorian Edwardian Benefactors It Also Shares Uncomfortable Truths About Sources Some Objects Empires Shows Meanings Things Can Change Transformation Private Property Into Σελίδες: 176 Διαστάσεις: 22 8X22 8Cm