Art Crossing Borders offers a thought-provoking analysis of the internationalisation of the art market in the long nineteenth century and its unexpected and ambiguous relation with the simultaneous ri
"The dominance of economic repertories of value is a relatively new phenomenon, and one which directly correlates to the steady advent of capitalism in early modern Europe. This volume brings together
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw an explosion of art auctions as a means of trading in new and second-hand works. This study examines this phenomenon and the inception of the custom of pub
