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The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850 - Mark Westgarth

The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850

The Commodification of Historical Objects

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Buch | Softcover
202 Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-56991-8 (ISBN)
CHF 69,90 inkl. MwSt
Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenth-century antique and curiosity markets.
Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenthcentury antique and curiosity markets.



Set against the recent ‘art market turn’ in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialised, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803–1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early nineteenth-century Britain, centred around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialisation of culture and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects.



This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies and nineteenth-century culture.

Mark Westgarth is Associate Professor in Art History & Museum Studies at the University of Leeds, UK.

INTRODUCTION



PART ONE: The Spaces of the Discourse



Writing the art market, marginalia to mainstream



Writing the dealer, footnote to fulcrum



The Idea of the Dealer



PART TWO: The Emergence of Historical Consciousness



The Consumption of the Past



Specimens of Ancient Furniture: the emergence of the historical object



PART THREE: The Emergence of the Antique & Curiosity Dealer



John Coleman Isaac (c.1803-1887)



The Market for Antiques and Curiosities 1815-1850



Antique and Curiosity Dealing



PART FOUR: The Spaces of Consumption



The Antique & Curiosity Shop



Dealers and Auctions



Dealers and Exhibitions



EPILOGUE

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
Zusatzinfo 36 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 370 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Reisen Reiseführer
ISBN-10 1-032-56991-3 / 1032569913
ISBN-13 978-1-032-56991-8 / 9781032569918
Zustand Neuware
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