The Evolution of English Collecting: The Reception of Italian Art in the Tudor and Stuart Periods Volume 12

This book surveys for the first time the evolution of English collecting. Edward Chaney begins with the background history of European collecting, focusing in particular on Italy's formative role in this phenomenon, then sets English collecting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in context and draws together a unique collection of essays on the subject.

The book deals with issues ranging from English collecting at the time of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300102240
• ISBN13: 9780300102246
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 3.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 10.3"