{"product_id":"old-masters-new-world-cynthia-saltzman-9780143115311","title":"Old Masters, New World: America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures","description":"\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe's extraordinary Old Master pictures, causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic. \u003ci\u003eOld Masters, New World \u003c\/i\u003eis a backstage look at the cutthroat competition, financial maneuvering, intrigue, and double-dealing often involved in these purchases, not to mention the seductive power of the ravishing paintings that drove these collectors-including financier J. Pierpont Morgan, sugar king H. O. Havemeyer, Boston aesthete Isabella Stewart Gardner, and industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Packed with stunning reproductions, this is an ideal gift book for art lovers and history buffs alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Saltzman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143115316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143115311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.42w x 0.79d","brand":"Cynthia Saltzman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990091366655,"sku":"9780143115311","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df824295-ff20-4918-9d82-9c0f9e905a04.jpg?v=1683302949","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/old-masters-new-world-cynthia-saltzman-9780143115311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}