Rogues&Apos Gallery: A History Of Art And Its Dealers Philip Hook Profile Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts General

Philip Hook Takes The Lid Off World Of Art Dealing To Reveal Brilliance Cunning Greed And Daring Its Practitioners In A Richly Anecdotal Narrative He Describes Rise Occasional Fall Extraordinary Men Women Who Over Centuries Have Made It Their Business Sell Kings Merchants Nobles Entrepreneurs Museums From Beginnings Antwerp Where Paintings Were Sometimes Sold By Weight Rich Hauteur Contemporary Gallery London Paris New York Has Been About Identifying What Is Intangible But Infinitely Desirable Then Finding Clients For Whom Irresistible Those Purveyed Living Range Tailors Spies Anarchist Scholars Aristocrats Connoisseurs Each Variously Motivated Belief Own Vision History Or Simply Will Win Cast Characters Includes Paul Durand-Ruel Impressionists\ Champion Herwath Walden First Brought Modernism Into Limelight Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler High Priest Cubism Leo Castelli Dealer-Midwife Abstract Expressionism Pop Peter Wilson Charismatic Sotheby\ S Chairman Auction Room Theatre Hook\ One Human Folly Duplicity Interspersed With Ingenuity Inspiration Acts Heroism Rogues\ Learned Witty Irresistibly Readable Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1004 Διαστάσεις: 12 8X12 8Cm