To Collect and Conquer: American Collections in the Gilded Age

During the second half of the nineteenth century, commissioning and collecting art became an essential feature of displaying power. This article thus looks at the American art market as a lens to study the changing dynamics between the newly affluent businessmen and politicians. Considering both the...

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Autor principal:	Michaël Vottero
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2014
Materias:	art painting art history representations art market Gilded Age History America E-F America E11-143
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:edadbf3d44834cc6816360f390c9ea002021-12-02T10:15:27ZTo Collect and Conquer: American Collections in the Gilded Age1765-276610.4000/transatlantica.6492https://doaj.org/article/edadbf3d44834cc6816360f390c9ea002014-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6492https://doaj.org/toc/1765-2766During the second half of the nineteenth century, commissioning and collecting art became an essential feature of displaying power. This article thus looks at the American art market as a lens to study the changing dynamics between the newly affluent businessmen and politicians. Considering both the aesthetic and economic aspects of buying art, and the ascendency of French painting at the time, it analyzes how art became the vehicle for changing representations of power and status, and revealed a new balance between successful businessmen and the representatives of popular sovereignty.Michaël VotteroAssociation Française d'Etudes Américainesarticleartpaintingart historyrepresentationsart marketGilded AgeHistory AmericaE-FAmericaE11-143ENFRTransatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines, Vol 1 (2014)
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description	During the second half of the nineteenth century, commissioning and collecting art became an essential feature of displaying power. This article thus looks at the American art market as a lens to study the changing dynamics between the newly affluent businessmen and politicians. Considering both the aesthetic and economic aspects of buying art, and the ascendency of French painting at the time, it analyzes how art became the vehicle for changing representations of power and status, and revealed a new balance between successful businessmen and the representatives of popular sovereignty.
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To Collect and Conquer: American Collections in the Gilded Age

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