Private Collecting, Exhibitions, and the Shaping of Art History in London: The Burlington Fine Arts Club...

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Stacey J. Pierson

Private Collecting, Exhibitions, and the Shaping of Art History in London

The Burlington Fine Arts Club

Stacey J. Pierson

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Routledge
04 June 2019

The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; Museums & museology; British & Irish history; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

Series: The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950

The Burlington Fine Arts Club was founded in London in 1866 as a gentlemen’s club with a singular remit – to exhibit members’ art collections. Exhibitions were proposed, organized, and furnished by a group of prominent members of British society who included aristocrats, artists, bankers, politicians, and museum curators. Exhibitions at their grand house in Mayfair brought many private collections and collectors to light, using members’ social connections to draw upon the finest and most diverse objects available. Through their unique mode of presentation, which brought museum-style display and interpretation to a grand domestic-style gallery space, they also brought two forms of curatorial and art historical practice together in one unusual setting, enabling an unrestricted form of connoisseurship, where new categories of art were defined and old ones expanded. The history of this remarkable group of people has yet to be presented and is explored here for the first time. Through a framework of exhibition themes ranging from Florentine painting to Ancient Egyptian art, a study of lenders, objects, and their interpretation paints a picture of private collecting activities, connoisseurship, and art world practice that is surprisingly diverse and interconnected.

By: Stacey J. Pierson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367331429
ISBN 10: 036733142X
Series: The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 04 June 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stacey J. Pierson is a Senior Lecturer in the department of Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her areas of specialization include ceramic history (China) and the history of collecting and display. Her most recent publication was From Object to Concept: Global Consumption and the Transformation of Ming Porcelain, 2013.

Reviews for Private Collecting, Exhibitions, and the Shaping of Art History in London: The Burlington Fine Arts Club

"""This book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in art market studies and the interconnectedness of the public and the private, the formation of private clubs and public taste and the network of agents who manoeuvre between them."" --New Books Network"