TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clarke,Alison
TI  - Spaces of connoisseurship: judging old masters at Agnew's and the National Gallery, c.1874-1916 
T2  - Studies in the history of collecting & art markets
SN  - 9004518908
AV  - ND1630 .C59 2022eb
U1  - 750.1/18 23/eng/20220714
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Thomas Agnew & Sons
KW  - History
KW  - National Gallery (Great Britain)
KW  - fast
KW  - Painting
KW  - Expertising
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Liverpool, 2018, under the title: Spatial aspects of connoisseurship : Agnew's and the National Gallery, 1874-1916; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "In Spaces of Connoisseurship, Alison Clarke explores the 'who', 'where' and 'how' of judging Old Master paintings in the nineteenth-century British art trade. She describes how the staff at family art dealers Thomas Agnew & Sons ("Agnew's") and London's National Gallery took advantage of emerging technologies such as the railways and photography. Through encounters with pictures in a range of locations, both private and public, these art market actors could build up the visual memory and necessary expertise to compare artworks and judge them in terms of attribution, condition and beauty. Also explored are the display tactics adopted by both commercial outfit and art museum to showcase pictures once acquired. In a time of ever-spiralling art prices, this book tackles the question of why some paintings are preferred over others, and exactly how art experts reach their judgements"--
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