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A Strange Business - Making Art and Money in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Paperback, Main)
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A Strange Business - Making Art and Money in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Paperback, Main)
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Britain in the nineteenth century saw a series of technological and
social changes which continue to influence and direct us today. Its
reactants were human genius, money and influence, its crucibles the
streets and institutions, its catalyst time, its control the
market. In this rich and fascinating book, James Hamilton
investigates the vibrant exchange between culture and business in
nineteenth-century Britain, which became a centre for world
commerce following the industrial revolution. He explores how art
was made and paid for, the turns of fashion, and the new demands of
a growing middle-class, prominent among whom were the artists
themselves. While leading figures such as Turner, Constable,
Landseer, Coleridge, Wordsworth and Dickens are players here, so
too are the patrons, financiers, collectors and industrialists;
lawyers, publishers, entrepreneurs and journalists; artists'
suppliers, engravers, dealers and curators; hostesses, shopkeepers
and brothel keepers; quacks, charlatans and auctioneers. Hamilton
brings them all vividly to life in this kaleidoscopic portrait of
the business of culture in nineteenth-century Britain, and provides
thrilling and original insights into the working lives of some of
our most celebrated artists.
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