Mariette and the science of the connoisseur in eighteenth-century Europe - Smentek, Kristel (Ashgate, 2014)
Includes bibliographical references (pp. [255]-292) and index
Introduction: art history and the eighteenth-century connoisseur -- 1 Knowledge economies of the print trade -- Family fortunes -- The business of collecting -- The Prince Eugene commission: a ready-made print collection -- The recueil, or the collection reproduced -- 2 The making of a drawings connoisseur -- Networks -- Seeing through drawings -- The emergence of the expert -- The science of the connoisseur -- 3 The collector's cut -- Framing the tableau -- The Coup d'Oeil -- The knowing hand -- 4 Origins: of antiquarianism, aesthetics, and history -- Publishing the Traité des pierres gravées -- From antiquarianism to art -- The progress of art -- Conclusion: the Mariette sales
Keywords: Mariette, Pierre-Jean / 1694-1774; Mariette, Pierre Jean -- 1694-1774; Geschichte 1700-1800; Art / Expertising / Europe / History / 18th century; Art / Expertising; Geschichte; Kunst; Kunstkennerschaft; Naturwissenschaften; Fachliteratur; Buch; Europe; Europa