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Book Decorative Arts

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charissa Bremer-David
  • Publisher : Getty Publications
  • Release : 1993-09-09
  • ISBN : 0892362219
  • Pages : 310 pages

Download or read book Decorative Arts written by Charissa Bremer-David and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1993-09-09 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume includes concise, illustrated entries on the more than 450 examples of furniture, porcelain, and silver from the Museum's collection. New to this expanded edition are sections devoted to maiolica and glass. An index of previous owners and updated bibliographies are of particular help to the scholar.

Book The Art Gallery

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  • Author :
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  • Release : 1973
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 466 pages

Download or read book The Art Gallery written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book European Clocks and Watches in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Download or read book European Clocks and Watches in The Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Clare Vincent and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the world's greatest technological and imaginative achievements is the invention and development of the timepiece. Examining for the first time The Metropolitan Museum of Art's unparalleled collection of European clocks and watches created from the late Renaissance through the nineteenth century, this fascinating book enriches our understanding of the origins and evolution of these ingenious works. It showcases fifty-four clocks, watches, and other timekeeping devices, each represented with an in-depth description and new photography of the exterior and the inner mechanisms. Among these masterpieces is an ornate sixteenth-century celestial timepiece that accurately predicts the trajectory of the sun, moon, and stars; an eighteenth-century longcase clock by David Roentgen that shows the time in the ten most important cities of the day; and a nineteenth-century watch featuring a penetrating portrait of Czar Nicholas I of Russia. Created by the best craftsmen in Austria, England, Flanders, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, these magnificent timepieces have been selected for their remarkable beauty and design, as well as their sophisticated mechanics. Built upon decades of expert research, this publication is a long-overdue survey of these stunning visual and technological marvels.

Book Chinese Art Objects  Collecting  and Interior Design in Twentieth Century Britain

Download or read book Chinese Art Objects Collecting and Interior Design in Twentieth Century Britain written by Helen Glaister and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-26 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between collecting Chinese ceramics, interior design and display in Britain through the eyes of collectors, designers and tastemakers during the years leading to, during and following the Second World War. The Ionides Collection of European style Chinese export porcelain forms the nucleus of this study – defined by its design hybridity – offering insights into the agency of Chinese porcelain in diverse contexts, from seventeenth-century Batavia to twentieth-century Britain, raising questions about notions of Chineseness, Britishness, and identity politics across time and space. Through the biographies of the collectors, this book highlights the role of collecting Chinese art objects, particularly porcelain, in the construction of individual and group identities. Social networks linking the Ionides to agents and dealers, auctioneers, and museum specialists bring into focus the dynamics of collecting during this period, the taste of the Ionides and their self-fashioning as collectors. The book will be of interest to scholars working in the fields of art history, history of collections, interior design, Chinese studies, and material culture studies.

Book European Porcelain in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Download or read book European Porcelain in The Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Jeffrey Munger and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2018-05-09 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Porcelain imported from China was the most highly coveted new medium in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-­century Europe. Its pure white color, translucency, and durability, as well as the delicacy of decoration, were impossible to achieve in European earthenware and stoneware. In response, European ceramic factories set out to discover the process of producing porcelain in the Chinese manner, with significant artistic, technical, and commercial ramifications for Britain and the Continent. Indeed, not only artisans, but kings, noble patrons, and entrepreneurs all joined in the quest, hoping to gain both prestige and profit from the enterprises they established. This beautifully illustrated volume showcases ninety works that span the late sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century and reflect the major currents of European porcelain production. Each work is illustrated with glorious new photography, accompanied by analysis and interpretation by one of the leading experts in European decorative arts. Among the wide range of porcelains selected are rare blue-and-white wares and figures from Italy, superb examples from the Meissen factory in Germany and the Sèvres factory in France, and ceramics produced by leading British eighteenth-century artisans. Taken together, they reveal why the Metropolitan Museum’s holdings in this field are among the finest in the world. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana}

Book New York Magazine

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  • Release : 1981-11-09
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1981-11-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Book The Athenaeum

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  • Author : James Silk Buckingham
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1898
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 964 pages

Download or read book The Athenaeum written by James Silk Buckingham and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Burlington Magazine

Download or read book The Burlington Magazine written by Robert Edward Dell and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Art Now Gallery Guide

Download or read book Art Now Gallery Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New York Magazine

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  • Release : 1982-12-20
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1982-12-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Book Understanding International Art Markets and Management

Download or read book Understanding International Art Markets and Management written by Iain Robertson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Understanding International Art Markets and Management focuses on the visual art market--sculpture, paintings, drawings, prints--and examines the major transitions that have affected this market." -- t.p. verso.

Book The Athenaeum

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  • Release : 1910
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 864 pages

Download or read book The Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New York Magazine

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  • Release : 1986-02-03
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 124 pages

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1986-02-03 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Book Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences written by John D. McDonald and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 5538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, comprising of seven volumes, now in its fourth edition, compiles the contributions of major researchers and practitioners and explores the cultural institutions of more than 30 countries. This major reference presents over 550 entries extensively reviewed for accuracy in seven print volumes or online. The new fourth edition, which includes 55 new entires and 60 revised entries, continues to reflect the growing convergence among the disciplines that influence information and the cultural record, with coverage of the latest topics as well as classic articles of historical and theoretical importance.

Book New York Magazine

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  • Release : 1982-11-08
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1982-11-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Book The Winterthur Museum Libraries Collection of Printed Books and Periodicals  Rare book catalog  Auction catalogs  Shaker collection

Download or read book The Winterthur Museum Libraries Collection of Printed Books and Periodicals Rare book catalog Auction catalogs Shaker collection written by Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: