Smuggling the Renaissance

The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909

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<i>Smuggling the Renaissance: The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909</i> explores the phenomenon of art spoliation in Italy following Unification (1861), when the international demand for Italian Renaissance artworks was at an all-time high but effective art protection legislation had not yet been passed.<br>Making use of rich archival material Joanna Smalcerz narrates the complex and often dramatic struggle between the lawmakers of the new Italian State, and international curators (e.g., Wilhelm Bode), collectors (e.g., Isabella Stewart Gardner) and dealers (e.g., Stefano Bardini) who continuously orchestrated illicit schemes to export abroad Italian masterpieces. At the heart of the intertwinement of the art trade, art scholarship and art protection policies the author exposes the socio-psychological dynamics of unlawful collecting.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9789004421486

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

241 x 165 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Verlag / Hersteller

Brill