Buying Baroque: Italian seventeenth-century paintings come to America

Abstract

"A collection of essays on the American collecting of Italian Baroque paintings in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Looks at the influence of art exhibitions and exhibition catalogues on the understanding and popularity of Italian Baroque art"--Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction : the critical fortunes of Italian Baroque painting in America / Edgar Peters Bowron -- Italian Baroque paintings at the Ringling Museum : the legacy of John Ringling and Chick Austin / Virginia Brilliant -- The Atheneum to the fore : Hartford and the Italian Baroque / Eric Zafran -- The American view of the "forgotten century" of Italian painting : reminiscences of an art dealer and curator / Marco Grassi -- An invisible web : art historians behind the collecting of Italian Baroque art / Richard Spear -- Baroque in the Caribbean : Luis A. Ferré and the Museo de Arte de Ponce / Pablo Pérez d'Ors -- Dealing and scholarship : The Heim Gallery, London, 1966-1995 / J. Patrice Marandel -- The Detroit Institute of Arts and Italian Baroque painting / Andria Derstine -- The Bob Jones University collection of Italian Baroque paintings / Ian Kennedy -- Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., and his collection of Italian Baroque paintings / Eric Zafran -- Better late than never : collecting Baroque painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Andrea Bayer.