Author: Sotheby, Wilkinson & HodgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Sotheby, Wilkinson & HodgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Books and Manuscripts ...
Author: Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael baron CarmichaelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Maiolica: Italian Renaissance Ceramics in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Timothy WilsonPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395618
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The form of tin-glazed earthenware known as maiolica reveals much about the culture and spirit of Renaissance Italy. Engagingly decorative, often spectacularly colorful, sometimes whimsical or frankly bawdy, these magnificent objects, which were generally made for use rather than simple ornamentation, present a fascinating glimpse into the realities of daily life. Though not as well known as Renaissance painting and sculpture, maiolica is also prized by collectors and amateurs of the decorative arts the world over. This volume offers highlights of the world-class collection of maiolica at the Metropolitan Museum. It presents 135 masterpieces that reflect more than four hundred years of exquisite artistry, ranging from early pieces from Pesaro—including an eight-figure group of the Lamentation, the largest, most ambitious piece of sculpture produced in a Renaissance maiolica workshop—to everyday objects such as albarelli (pharmacy jars), bella donna plates, and humorous genre scenes. Each piece has been newly photographed for this volume, and each is presented with a full discussion, provenance, exhibition history, publication history, notes on form and glaze, and condition report. Two essays by Timothy Wilson, widely considered the foremost scholar in the field, provide overviews of the history and technique of maiolica as well as an account of the formation of The Met's collection. Also featured is a wide-ranging introduction by Luke Syson that examines how the function of an object governed the visual and compositional choices made by the pottery painter. As the latest volume in The Met's series of decorative arts highlights, Maiolica is an invaluable resource for scholars and collectors as well as an absorbing general introduction to a multifaceted subject.
Second Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, Including the Additions Made Since 1882
Author: George Peabody LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Printed Books in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries of London, on March 10, 1887
Author: Society of Antiquaries of London. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Western Decorative Arts: Volume 1
Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0521470684
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This volume is one of several that examines the National Gallery of Art's distinguished collection of decorative arts. (The second volume will be published in 1996.) The group treated here is composed primarily of works acquired from the Widener Collection, and amplified by holdings acquired from the Kress family. Included are more than eighty Medieval, Renaissance, and later historic objects in a wide variety of media, encompassing metalwork, stained glass, enamels, ceramics, and jewels. Among the highlights are a Limoges reliquary chasse, a Mosan lion aquamanile, thirty-eight pieces in a remarkable cohesive group of Italian maiolica, three of the very rare pottery objects known as 'Saint-Porchaire', and, the centerpiece of the collection, the Suger chalice, an ancient sardonyx cup to which the Abbot Suger added a bejewelled golden setting in the twelfth century. Like other volumes in the Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art Collections,Western Decorative Arts includes a thoroughly researched entry for each object, together with an artist biography, up-to-date bibliography, and a technical analysis.
Catalogue
Author: Bloomsbury Book Auctions (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Second Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, Including the Additions Made Since 1882
Author: Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Books for All
Author: Providence Public Library (R.I.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Providence (R.I.)
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description