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https://www.fivecontinentseditions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/5-continents-editions-9788874390274-the-melancholy-of-masterpieces-cover-718x1024.jpg7181024The book is an investigation of American collecting between 1900 and 1914 and of the impact of transatlantic displacements and mass media on the public's perception of old master paintings. Rather than a consideration of single collectors or the itineraries of their acquisitions, this is an analysis of the political, cultural, and social implications of…