A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world In the Gilded Age; newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europes extraordinary Old Master pictures; causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic. Old Masters; New World is a backstage look at the cutthroat competition; financial maneuvering; intrigue; and double-dealing often involved in these purchases; not to mention the seductive power of the ravishing paintings that drove these collectors-including financier J. Pierpont Morgan; sugar king H. O. Havemeyer; Boston aesthete Isabella Stewart Gardner; and industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Packed with stunning reproductions; this is an ideal gift book for art lovers and history buffs alike.
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