Art markets in Europe, 1400-1800

Essays about the demand for art, including the range of art objects purchased by various social groups; the conditions of artistic creativity and communication between different producing centres and artistic milieux; the emergence of art markets which served to link the first two phenomena. Examples: the book market in fiftheenth-century Netherlands; the art market in fifteenth-century Bruges; medieval art exports to the far north of Europe; the art market in Spain in the fifteenth century; the Italian renaissance court's demand for the arts; the Roman art market; the pricing of the works of Dutch seventeenth-century painters; art auctions in Germany; the London art market.