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Author : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Publisher : MFA Publications
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131746336
Edited by Gerald W.R. Ward and Jeannine Falino. Text by Gerald W.R. Ward, Jeannine Falino, Jane Port, Rebecca Ann Gay Reynolds.
Author : Art Institute of Chicago
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780300222364
The history of American silver offers invaluable insights into the economic and cultural history of the nation itself. Published here for the first time, the Art Institute of Chicago's superb collection embodies innovation and beauty from the colonial era to the present. In the 17th century, silversmiths brought the fashions of their homelands to the colonies, and in the early 18th, new forms arose as technology diversified production. Demand increased in the 19th century as the Industrial Revolution took hold. In the 20th, modernism changed the shape of silver inside and outside the home. This beautifully illustrated volume presents highlights from the collection with stunning photography and entries from leading specialists. In-depth essays relate a fascinating story about eating, drinking, and entertaining that spans the history of the Republic and trace the development of the Art Institute's holdings of American silver over nearly a century.
Author : Tom McNulty
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781476613970
This book is for art market researchers at all levels. A brief overview of the global art market and its major stakeholders precedes an analysis of the various sales venues (auction, commercial gallery, etc.). Library research skills are reviewed, and advanced methods are explored in a chapter devoted to basic market research. Because the monetary value of artwork cannot be established without reference to the aesthetic qualities and art historical significance of our subject works, two substantial chapters detail the processes involved in researching and documenting the fine and decorative arts, respectively, and provide annotated bibliographies. Methods for assigning values for art objects are explored, and sources of price data, both in print and online, are identified and described in detail. In recent years, art historical scholarship increasingly has addressed issues related to the history of art and its markets: a chapter on resources for the historian of the art market offers a wide range of sources. Finally, provenance and art law are discussed, with particular reference to their relevance to dealers, collectors, artists and other art market stakeholders.
Author : Lesley Wylie
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781835535226
Understories: Plants and Culture in the American Tropics establishes the central importance of plants to the histories and cultures of the extended tropical region stretching from the U.S. South to Argentina. Through close examination of a number of significant plants – cacao, mate, agave, the hevea brasilensis, kudzu, the breadfruit, soy, and the ceiba pentandra, among others – this volume shows that vegetal life has played a fundamental role in shaping societies and in formulating cultural and environmental imaginaries in and beyond the region. Drawing on a wide range of cultural traditions and forms across literature, popular music, art, and film, the essays included in this volume transcend regional and linguistic boundaries to bring together multiple plant-centred histories or ‘understories’ – narratives that until now have been marginalized or gone unnoticed. Attending not only to the significant influence of humans on plants, but also of plants on humans, this book offers new understandings of how colonization, globalization, and power were, and continue to be, imbricated with nature in the American tropics.
Author : Joan M. Marter
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 3140 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780195335798
Arranged in alphabetical order, these 5 volumes encompass the history of the cultural development of America with over 2300 entries.
Author : Wees, Beth Carver,Harvey, Medill Higgins
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781588394910
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Author : Christina J. Hodge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107034396
This study examines the emergence of the middle class and consumerism in colonial America.
Author : Rosemary Troy Krill
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780759119468
Winterthur Museum is world renowned for its decorative arts collections and its exceptional educational programs. Adapted from the training materials developed at the museum, the revised and enhanced Early American Decorative Arts, 1620-1860: A Handbook for Interpreters is an indispensable guide for anyone involved with interpretation of decorative arts collections. Early American Decorative Arts, 1620-1860 elucidates the principles of public interpretation, explains how to analyze objects, and defines the concept of style. Eighteen chapters provide comprehensive descriptions of decorative arts including furniture, ceramics, textiles, paintings and prints, metalwork, glass, and other objects. Many museums and historic sites display such collections to thousands of visitors annually. Guides, interpreters, educators, and collection managers will find this book a helpful summary and a guide to further research. This enhanced edition includes now includes a CD featuring beautiful color images of the more than 170 black-and-white photographs in the book, bringing the Winterthur collections to life on your computer and in your classroom. Published in cooperation with Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
Author : Swannee Bennett,William B. Worthen
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 817 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-11
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781682261316
Volume I. Quilts and textiles, Ceramics, Silver, Weaponry, Furniture, Vernacular architecture, Native American art -- volume II. Photography, Fine art.
Author : Philadelphia Museum of Art,Beatrice B. Garvan,David L. Barquist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ISBN : 0300229402
"The first publication of the museum's full collection of American silver, which ranks with the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the MFA Boston and ranges from colonial-era tableware to ecclesiastical and presentation silver, to jewelry by renowned contemporary artists. This publication will provide a look at the evolution of designs in silver as well as the early history of Philadelphia--a center of silver production from its earliest days--as seen through the intersecting lives of its artisans and patrons. The catalogue section includes extensive biographies of makers and retailers, based on decades of archival research, along with detailed object entries, including deeply researched information on the original owners and the donors. The photography captures not only full views of the objects but also details, marks, and heraldic engraving. The first of four volumes, the 2018 publication will cover makers and retailers whose names begin with the letters A to F. The Museum's complete American silver collection has not previously been published. The catalogue will combine generous illustrations similar to those in the MFA Boston's Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000 (2008), with the biographical detail of Patricia Kane's Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (Yale, 1998)"--
Author : Philadelphia Museum of Art,Beatrice B. Garvan,David L. Barquist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ISBN : 0300229402
Beginning with Cesar Ghiselin in 1681, Philadelphia has a long and storied history of silversmithing that includes notable artists such as Joseph Richardson Sr. and Jr., Philip Syng Jr., and Olaf Skoogfors. Celebrating this legacy and showcasing the Philadelphia Museum of Art's extraordinary and comprehensive collection of American silver, this generously illustrated book features a broad array of objects that range from colonial-era tableware to groundbreaking contemporary designs. Extensive biographies of makers accompany detailed entries on individual pieces that are full of new discoveries related to artist marks, heraldic engravings, and provenance histories. This volume is the first of four - organized alphabetically by makers and retailers - that will eventually encompass the museum's complete collection of American silver.
Author : C. Louise Avery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1332519946
Excerpt from American Silver of the XVII& XVIII Centuries: A Study Based on the Clearwater Collection A Magnificent opportunity to study and become acquainted with our Colonial silver in its perfection of form and craftsmanship has been afforded visitors to The Metropolitan Museum of Art during the last few years through the generosity of the Honorable Alphonso T. Clearwater. To one viewing the objects in this wonderful exhibition the question almost invariably arises, what motives prompted Judge Clearwater to make the collection and how was it possible for him to assemble so large a number of pieces of an early American art the existence of which even now is almost unknown to the average citizen. Our knowledge of the beauty and the fascination of Colonial silver is but a recent one. Scarce two decades ago the fact that our country in its early days nurtured a remarkable set of workers in the precious metals was practically unknown. Family heirlooms, which had graced ancestral dining rooms and, glittering in fire- and candle-light, cast their joyous color notes on festal gatherings from generation to generation, were almost universally thought to have been imported from the Old World. Collectors of Americana in its various phases were unaware of the existence of these beautiful examples of our early silversmiths' art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Medill Higgins Harvey,Andrea Achi,Deniz Beyazit,Monika Bincsik,John Byck,Sheila R. Canby,Maryam Ekhtiar,Moira Gallagher,Kyriaki Karoglou,Christopher S. Lightfoot,Pengliang Lu,Amy McHugh,Iris Moon,Annamarie Sandecki,Karen Stamm,Catherine D. Stergar
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588396907
Edward C. Moore (1827–1891) was the creative leader who brought Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the late nineteenth century. A silversmith, designer, and prodigious collector, Moore sought out exceptional objects from around the world, which he then used as inspiration for Tiffany’s innovative silver designs. This informative, richly illustrated volume, the first study of Moore’s life, collection, and influence, presents more than 170 examples from his vast collection, ranging from Greek and Roman glass to Spanish vases, Islamic metalwork, and Japanese textiles. These are juxtaposed with sixty magnificent silver objects created by the designers and artisans at Tiffany who were inspired by Moore’s acquisitions. Included among them are the world-famous Bryant Vase drawing upon Greek examples, a love cup featuring ornate “Saracenic” decoration, and a chocolate pot incorporating novel techniques influenced by Japanese ceramics and lacquerware. The illuminating texts have been enriched by groundbreaking research into contemporary sources such as newspapers and periodicals, the Tiffany & Co. Archives, and a newly identified technical manual and supervisor’s diaries, all of which provide an intimate look at the firm’s design processes and Moore’s role in shaping them. A valuable contribution to the history of American decorative arts, Collecting Inspiration illuminates both the legendary Tiffany aesthetic and the legacy of a significant collector, designer, and entrepreneur of the Gilded Age.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UCSC:32106017985323
Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317457916
The encyclopedia takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to the history of the period. It includes general and specific entries on politics and business, labor, industry, agriculture, education and youth, law and legislative affairs, literature, music, the performing and visual arts, health and medicine, science and technology, exploration, life on the Western frontier, family life, slave life, Native American life, women, and more than a hundred influential individuals.
