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Paperback. Condizione: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.

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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. "The man who has money will always rule the man who has art.for starving men are weak." Colin Platt's book explores the connection between the great artistic patrons and the artists they commissioned from the Catholic Church in the 11th century to the birth of modernism. It looks at how the great and the rich have used art to bolster political power, ego and at the dependence of princes on great art and writing to shape and claim a historical legacy. The book also examines how changes in socio-economic conditions filter through to artistic endeavour, and why - at any particular time - art flourished in specific geographical locations. There have been patrons of genius in every century: Abbot Desiderius in the 11th, St Bernard in the 12th, Louis IX in the 13th. Tiny, seafaring Portugal has had three. The flourishing of European art is closely linked to periods of economic growth and to peace: in the 18th century, London took over as the commercial capital of the West. When Reynolds, Romney, Gainsborough, Stubbs and West were joined shortly afterwards by William Blake, John Constable and J.M.W. Turner, even the French had to acknowledge the excellence of British art - indisputably world class for the first time. The focus here, though, is pan-European not just British. Platt, whose book on medieval architecture won the Wolfson Prize, traces the history of European art from the discovery of silver in the Harz mountains, the catastrophic effects of plague in the 14th century, the grandiloquence and venality of papal and royal courts in 16th centuries, the art collections of Charles I and how they were disbursed during the English civil war, El Greco and Charles V, how art moved out of palaces and into the homes of bankers and traders in Holland and London during the 17th and 18th centuries, and the impact of revolution on art - both political and industrial. It is a survey of 1000 years of artistic endeavour in Western Europe, which argues throughout that money is the chief driver of high achievement in the arts, and demonstrates beyond dispute the transforming power of great riches. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

New Ed. Condizione: new. trade 1st edition Harper Perennial 2005 paperback, new In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. With numerous colour illustrations. Contents: pages very good and clean. Boards in very good, clean shape. Dustwrapper: slight shelf-wear, otherwise very good and bright. A very good, tight copy. 330 pp.

Condizione: Wie neu. Die ersten 2 Blätter verknittert, sonst gut. - Marks of Opulence is a magisterial survey of European art and artistic patronage from 1000 until the triumph of modernism. Tracing art history from the discovery of silver in the Harz mountains, through the catastrophic effects of plague in the fourteenth century, to the studied magnificence of papal and royal courts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Colin Platt shows how the great and the good have always used art to bolster political power and self-esteem. Arguing that the acquisitive instinct - felt by many of us in different ways - is central to the history of Western art, Platt traces how collecting began in the seventeenth century to spread from the palaces of the aristocracy into the homes of merchants, bankers and industrialists. From the mid-nineteenth 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 for the transforming power of great riches in the arts, where a superfluity of money has been the spur. ISBN 0002571005 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 XX, 330 S., gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag.

Condizione: Used - Very Good. 2006. Paperback. Pap. Minor shelf-wear. Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Condizione: Very Good. Used, cover has light scratches, outer edges have minor scuffs, book content is in like new condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. *** BOOK in Fine condition. Blue cloth boards with gilt title on spine. 330 pages including notes and index. 74 colour illustrations. *** DUST JACKET in fine unmarked and unclipped condition, Dioramic illustration. ***CONTENTS. This book aon the Wolfson Prize for history and shows how "the great and the good" have used their wealth to determine the artistic direction over the last thousand years.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 330pp, illustrated, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper (price-clipped). ISBN: 0002571005.

Condizione: Used - Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. Very Good.

Condizione: Used - Like New. 2004. Hardcover. May have a remainder mark. Fine.

Condizione: New.

24.0 x 16.0cms 330pp colour illusts very good hardback & dustwrapper (owner's inscription) This book surveys European art and artistic patronage from the discovery of silver in the Harz mountains the 14th century plague the renaissance courts etc to show how the great and the good have used art to bolster their power and self-esteem.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New. In.

Condizione: very good. London : HarperCollins, 2004. Hardbound. Dustjacket. xx, 330, 18 pp., [32] pp. of plates. 24 cm. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780002571005. Keywords : ART, art.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. xx, 332pp, 4 plate sections mainly in colour. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Some visible shelf wear. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket very lightly chipped along edges, price unclipped. 8vo. Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. Some very minor marking to edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. xx, 330 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), map; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Remainder mark/tail edge. Fine DJ. 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 poque 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. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. xx, 330 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), map; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar 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 poque 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. Size: 8vo. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. torn/chipped dj, some wear, still NICE - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.

2004 1ST FINE /FINE SIGNED INSCRIPT AUTHOR.

Condizione: New.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A sweeping, beautifully written history of artistic patronage from 1000 to the present day by a Wolfson Prize-winning historian.'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.