Rare Art Traditions : A History of Art Collecting and Its Linked Phenomena

New York: Harper & Row Publishers , 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 691 pages, indexed and illustrated. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage. The jacket has been repaired with clear tape at the head of the spine, and the back suffers from minor loss, also at the head; the jacket has been attached to the boards with a small square of masking tape along the four edges. Internally the book is immaculate. Bollingen series ; XXXV, 27 "Economics and the Challenge of Global Warming is a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the role of economics in confronting global warming, the central environmental issue of the twenty-first century. It avoids a technical exposition in order to reach a wide audience and is up to date in its theoretical and empirical underpinnings. It is addressed to all who have some knowledge of economic concepts and a serious interest in how economics can (and cannot) help in crafting climate policy. The book is organized around three central questions. First, can benefit-cost analysis guide us in setting warming targets? Second, what strategies and policies are cost-effective? Third, and most difficult, can a global agreement be forged between rich and poor, North and South? While economic concepts are foremost in the analysis, they are placed within an accessible ethical and political matrix. The book serves as a primer for the post-Kyoto era" Publisher. CONTENTS: The altered Apollo The rare art traditions Art for use Art collecting The litmus tests The blueprint The Siamese twins The other by-products of art The proof, and the question "The Greek miracle" The pattern repeats The pattern vanishes, and returns The developed historical sense Art collecting revives The role of Cosimo The lesson of Lorenzo On progression in art The climax in the West The seventeenth century Envoi. "The Andrew W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts delivered at the National Gallery in 1978 were entirely based on this essay"