A Walk Through The American Wing

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588390134

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A Walk Through the American Wing by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing Pdf

The Metropolitan’s renowned American Wing is where the Museum’s unsurpassed collection of American fine and decorative art is on permanent public display, from masterpieces of painting, sculpture, and drawing to exquisite examples of the finest American furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and textiles. This handsome volume presents an overview of the collection and provides an informative walk through the American Wing’s richly furnished period rooms and stunning architectural displays. These include the magnificent marble façade of the Branch Bank of the United States—the entrance to the original American Wing when it opened in 1924—and the restored living room of a Frank Lloyd Wright prairie-style house. The comprehensive survey of paintings and sculpture begins with early colonial portraiture and from there follows the emergence and development of a national fine-arts tradition, including significant movements and genres such as the Hudson River School, neoclassical sculpture, and American Impressionism. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1588390128

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A Walk Through the American Wing by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing Pdf

The Metropolitan{u2019}s renowned American Wing is where the Museum{u2019}s unsurpassed collection of American fine and decorative art is on permanent public display, from masterpieces of painting, sculpture, and drawing to exquisite examples of the finest American furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and textiles. This handsome volume presents an overview of the collection and provides an informative walk through the American Wing{u2019}s richly furnished period rooms and stunning architectural displays. These include the magnificent marble façade of the Branch Bank of the United States{u2014}the entrance to the original American Wing when it opened in 1924{u2014}and the restored living room of a Frank Lloyd Wright prairie-style house. The comprehensive survey of paintings and sculpture begins with early colonial portraiture and from there follows the emergence and development of a national fine-arts tradition, including significant movements and genres such as the Hudson River School, neoclassical sculpture, and American Impressionism. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing,Marshall B. Davidson
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Art museums
ISBN : 9780870992384

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The American Wing by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing,Marshall B. Davidson Pdf

Author : Donald Albrecht
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781580932851

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The American Style by Donald Albrecht Pdf

Issued in connection with an exhibition held June 7 through Nov 6, 2011, at the Museum of the City of New York.

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780300193206

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Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964-2005 by Metropolitan Museum of Art Pdf

The present volume, Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964-2005, is a successor to a volume published by the Museum in 1965 entitled Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1870-1964. These two bibliographic volumes endeavor to list all the known books, pamphlets, and serial publications bearing the Museum's imprint, and issued by the institution during the first 135 years of its existence (through June 2005). The first volume was compiled by Albert TenEyck Gardner, at the time an Associate Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, and the present volume has been compiled from the Annual Reports issued by the Museum during the relevant years. Together the two volumes testify to the tremendous contributions made to knowledge by the curators and conservators of the Metropolitan and by the many other experts who have contributed to the Museum's exhibition catalogues. Various issues of the Bulletin emphasize the great sweep of the Museum's acquisitions during these years, and the exhibition catalogues--a number of them Alfred H. Barr Jr., Award or the George Wittenborn Award--testify to the continuity of the institution's dedicated program to enrich people's lives through knowledge of art. (This title was originally published in 2006.)

Author : Peter M. Kenny,Duncan Phyfe,Michael Kevin Brown
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Cabinetmakers
ISBN : 9781588394422

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Duncan Phyfe by Peter M. Kenny,Duncan Phyfe,Michael Kevin Brown Pdf

"Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage," to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed elite, Phyfe would come to count among his clients some of the nation's wealthiest and most storied families. This richly illustrated volume covers the full chronological sweep of the craftsman's distinguished career, from his earliest furniture-- which bears the influence of his 18th-century British predecessors Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Hope--to his late simplified designs in the Grecian Plain. More than sixty works by Phyfe and his workshop are highlighted, including rarely seen pieces from private collections and several newly discovered documented works. Additionally, essays by leading scholars bring to light new information on Phyfe's life, his workshop production, and his roster of illustrious patrons. What unfolds is the story of Phyfe's remarkable transformation from a young immigrant craftsman to an accomplished master cabinetmaker and an American icon."--Publisher's website.

Author : Helene Barbara Weinberg,Queensland Art Gallery
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art, American
ISBN : 9781876509996

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American Impressionism & Realism by Helene Barbara Weinberg,Queensland Art Gallery Pdf

An exhibition publication featuring curatorial essays and works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Author : David McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416571773

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The Greater Journey by David McCullough Pdf

McCullough mixes famous and obscure names and delivers capsule biographies of everyone to produce a colorful parade of educated, Victorian-era American travelers and their life-changing experiences in Paris.

Author : Patrick Bringley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781982163303

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All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley Pdf

"Only a few select people enjoy unrestricted access to every nook and cranny of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and among them are the guards who keep a watchful eye on the two-million-square-foot treasure house. For Bringley, the Museum was a temporary refuge that became his home away from home for a decade. Here he explore his tribe: the artworks and their creators and the subculture of museum guards. Though Bringley gradually returned to the larger world, here he explores the Museums hidden wonders-- and the people who make it tick."--

Author : Wees, Beth Carver,Harvey, Medill Higgins
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781588394910

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Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Wees, Beth Carver,Harvey, Medill Higgins Pdf

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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:497917636

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Guide to the Collections: the American Wing by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Author : Altaf Engineer,Kathryn H. Anthony
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781315443140

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Shedding New Light on Art Museum Additions by Altaf Engineer,Kathryn H. Anthony Pdf

Vast sums of money spent to design, construct, and maintain museum additions demand great accountability of museum leaders and design professionals towards visitors and employees. Museum visitors today come not only to view works of art, but also to experience museum architecture itself, resulting in most major cities competing to build new museum additions or new museum buildings to become world class tourist destinations. Shedding New Light on Art Museum Additions presents post-occupancy evaluations of four high-profile museums and their additions in the United States and helps museum stakeholders understand their successes, shortcomings, and how their designs affect both visitors and employees who use them every day. The book helps decision-makers assess the short-term and long-term impacts of future proposals for new museum additions and illuminates the critical importance of investing in employee work environments, and giving serious consideration to lighting, wayfinding, accessibility, and the effects of museum fatigue that arise from the lack of public amenities. Museum leaders, curators, architects, designers, consultants, patrons of the arts and museum visitors will find this book to be a useful resource when planning and evaluating new building additions.

Author : Frances Gruber Safford
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Furniture
ISBN : 9781588392336

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American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Frances Gruber Safford Pdf

The Metropolitan Museum's preeminent collection of early colonial furniture is expertly documented in this long-awaited publication. It covers the full spectrum of furniture forms made during the 17th and early 18th centuries--from chairs and other seating to tables, boxes, various types of chests and cupboards, and desks. Each of the 141 objects is thoroughly described with detailed information on provenance, construction, condition, inscriptions, dimensions, and materials. Photographed anew in color for this volume, each piece is explicated in terms of the styles and craftsmanship of the period and is evaluated in light of comparative pieces in public and private collections throughout the country. One appendix contains photographic details of construction and decorative elements, and another has drawings of joints and moldings.

Author : Lauren F. Winner
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781565127456

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Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner Pdf

Like most of us, Lauren Winner wants something to believe in. The child of a reform Jewish father and a lapsed Southern Baptist mother, she chose to become an Orthodox Jew. But as she faithfully observes the Sabbath rituals and studies Jewish laws, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Christianity. Taking a courageous step, she leaves behind what she loves and converts. Now the even harder part: How does one reinvent a religious self? How does one embrace the new without abandoning the old? How does a convert become spiritually whole. In GIRL MEETS GOD, this appealingly honest young woman takes us through a year in her search for a religious identity. Despite her conversion, she finds that her world is still shaped by her Jewish experiences. Even as she rejoices in the holy days of the Christian calendar, she mourns the Jewish rituals she still holds dear. Attempting to reconcile the two sides of her religious self, Winner applies the lessons of Judaism to the teachings of the New Testament, hosts a Christian seder, and struggles to fit her Orthodox friends into her new religious life. Ultimately she learns that faith takes practice and belief is an ongoing challenge. Like Anne Lamott's, Winner's journey to Christendom is bumpy, but it is the rocky path itself that makes her a perfect guide to exploring spirituality in today's complicated world. Her engaging approach to religion in the twenty-first century is illuminating, thought-provoking, and most certainly controversial.

Author : Patrick Sarver
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780813549668

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New Jersey Day Trips by Patrick Sarver Pdf

Now in a revised and expanded 12th edition, New Jersey Day Trips offers everyone a fascinating journey through hundreds of tourist attractions in all corners of the Garden State. Plus, this comprehensive resource explores the most popular points just beyond the state's borders. Patrick Sarver has updated most entries and added more than twenty new points of interest to an already extensive list of destinations, making this the most sought-after guidebook about New Jersey.