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0002571005 Very Good. (Binding: Hardcover, Jacket: Very Good)

0002571005 Very Good. (Binding: Hardcover, Jacket: Very Good)

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GOOD-This is a hurt hardcover book with some tearing, scuffing, bumping, creasing and a torn dust

GOOD-This is a hurt hardcover book with some tearing, scuffing, bumping, creasing and a torn dust jacket. Still, it is fully usable and the flaws are only cosmetic. 1.54 lbs.

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BRAND NEW! Lots of full-color reproductions. One of THOUSANDS of absolutely brand new books in our

BRAND NEW! Lots of full-color reproductions. One of THOUSANDS of absolutely brand new books in our warehouse! Brand new hardcover in jacket. All items listed as new are BRAND NEW, direct from our warehouse to you!

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2004. Hardcover. May have a remainder mark. Fine.

2004. Hardcover. May have a remainder mark. Fine.

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0002571005 Tight, unmarked, toned pages. Dj unclipped, lightly rubbed, else very nice copy in protective mylar cover.

0002571005 Tight, unmarked, toned pages. Dj unclipped, lightly rubbed, else very nice copy in protective mylar cover.

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2004. Hardcover. Some wear. Very Good.

2004. Hardcover. Some wear. Very Good.

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0002571005 Used, in good condition. Book only. May have interior marginalia or previous owner's name.

0002571005 Used, in good condition. Book only. May have interior marginalia or previous owner's name.

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**minor remainder mark BRAND New! ! ! Fast shipment from Canada~FREE UPGRADE TO EXPEDITED MAIL! ! ! ! ! ! NO DUTIES!

**minor remainder mark BRAND New! ! ! Fast shipment from Canada~FREE UPGRADE TO EXPEDITED MAIL! ! ! ! ! ! NO DUTIES!

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8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
xx, 330 pp., [32] pp. of plates, illus. (some col. ), map, bib.

8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
xx, 330 pp., [32] pp. of plates, illus. (some col. ), map, bib. notes, index; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Remainder mark/tail edge. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Another copy available. "Marks of Opulence is a magisterial survey of European art and artistic patronage from 1000 until the birth of modernism. Tracing the history from the discovery of silver in the Harz mountains, through the catastrophic effects of plague in the 14th century, to the studied magnificence of papal and royal courts in the 16th and 17th centuries, Platt shows how the great and the good have always used art to bolster political power. Arguing that the acquisitive instinct-felt by all of us in different ways-is central to the history of Western art, Platt traces how art began to move out of the palaces of the aristocracy into the homes of merchants, bankers and industrialists. From the mid-19th century onwards, and in the pre-war Belle Époque in particular, it was the immensely wealthy 'robber barons' and their widows-in London and Paris, in Berlin and Vienna, in Moscow and Barcelona, in Philadelphia and New York-who collected the work of the most innovative artists and broke the hold of the Academies on Western art. Professor Platt's ambitious sweep through a thousand years of artistic endeavour in the West argues throughout that a superfluity of money is the chief driver of high achievement in the arts, and for the transforming power of great riches."-Publisher.

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Collectible. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
xx, 330 pp., [32] pp. of plates, illus. (some col. ),

Collectible. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
xx, 330 pp., [32] pp. of plates, illus. (some col. ), map, bib. notes, index; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Marks of Opulence is a magisterial survey of European art and artistic patronage from 1000 until the birth of modernism. Tracing the history from the discovery of silver in the Harz mountains, through the catastrophic effects of plague in the 14th century, to the studied magnificence of papal and royal courts in the 16th and 17th centuries, Platt shows how the great and the good have always used art to bolster political power. Arguing that the acquisitive instinct-felt by all of us in different ways-is central to the history of Western art, Platt traces how art began to move out of the palaces of the aristocracy into the homes of merchants, bankers and industrialists. From the mid-19th century onwards, and in the pre-war Belle Époque in particular, it was the immensely wealthy 'robber barons' and their widows-in London and Paris, in Berlin and Vienna, in Moscow and Barcelona, in Philadelphia and New York-who collected the work of the most innovative artists and broke the hold of the Academies on Western art. Professor Platt's ambitious sweep through a thousand years of artistic endeavour in the West argues throughout that a superfluity of money is the chief driver of high achievement in the arts, and for the transforming power of great riches."-Publisher.

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330 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

330 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

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