Provenance: An Alternate History of Art 20th The result is a provocative

The result is a provocative and novel historical perspective of an artistically vibrant epoch

and covered a wide range of subject matter

was to become one of the greatest and most enlightened collectors and patrons England has ever known

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which attempted to graft the more eloquent aspects of French Neoclassicism onto a rational Germanic tradition of logical and formally pure design

Provenance: An Alternate History of Art 20th The result is a provocativeEdited by Gail Feigenbaum and Inge Reist This book goes beyond the narrow definition of the term provenance, which addresses only the bare facts of ownership and transfer, to explore ideas about the origins and itineraries of objects, consider the historical uses of provenance research, and draw attention to the transformative power of ownership. The result is a volume of essays that makes a strong case for recuperating provenancewhat contributing