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A strange business : a revolution in art, culture, and commerce in 19th century London

Hamilton, James, 1948- author

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\"A vivid excursion into London's nineteenth century art world, evoking the famed personalities, social changes, and technological advances that sparked a revolution in art commerce. Britain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and social changes which continue to influence and direct us today. Its reactants were human genius, money and influence, its crucibles the streets and institutions, its catalyst time, its control the market. In this rich and fascinating book, James Hamilton investigates the vibrant exchange between culture and business in nineteenth-century Britain, which became a center for world commerce following the industrial revolution. He explores how art was made and paid for, the turns of fashion, and the new demands of a growing middle-class, prominent among whom were the artists themselves. While leading figures such as Turner, Constable, Landseer, Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Dickens are players here, so too are the patrons, financiers, collectors and industrialists; publishers, entrepreneurs, and journalists; artists' suppliers, engravers, dealers and curators; hostesses, shopkeepers and brothel keepers; quacks, charlatans, and auctioneers. Hamilton brings them all vividly to life in this kaleidoscopic portrait of the business of culture in nineteenth-century Britain, and provides thrilling and original insights into the working lives of some of the era's most celebrated artists.\"--provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Subject: Art and business Great Britain History 19th century. / Arts Great Britain History 19th century. / Arts Great Britain Finance. / Great Britain Social conditions 19th century.
• ISBN: 9781605988702, 1605988707

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
N72.B87 H255 2015	1	BOOK	ARTS