Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The First Treatise on Museums
Author: Samuel QuicchebergPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606064053
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Samuel Quiccheberg’s Inscriptiones, first published in Latin in 1565, is an ambitious effort to demonstrate the pragmatic value of curiosity cabinets, or Wunderkammern, to princely collectors in sixteenth-century Europe and, by so doing, inspire them to develop their own such collections. Quiccheberg shows how the assembly and display of physical objects offered nobles a powerful means to expand visual knowledge, allowing them to incorporate empirical and artisanal expertise into the realm of the written word. But in mapping out the collectability of the material world, Quiccheberg did far more than create a taxonomy. Rather, he demonstrated how organizing objects made their knowledge more accessible; how objects, when juxtaposed or grouped, could tell a story; and how such strategies could enhance the value of any single object. Quiccheberg’s descriptions of early modern collections provide both a point of origin for today’s museums and an implicit critique of their aims, asserting the fundamental research and scholarly value of collections: collections are to be used, not merely viewed. The First Treatise on Museums makes Quiccheberg’s now rare publication available in an English translation. Complementing the translation are a critical introduction by Mark A. Meadow and a preface by Bruce Robertson.
Old Master Prints & Drawings of the 16th to 18th Centuries
Author: William H. Schab GalleryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Gray Collection
Author: Art Institute of ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300166262
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by and presented at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 25, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011.
Bibliography of the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Author: Netherlands. Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische DocumentatiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Print Collector's Newsletter
Author: The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper
Author: Max SchweidlerPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368358
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Ever since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's Die Instandetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw has been recognized as a seminal modern text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper. To address what he saw as a woeful dearth of relevant literature and in order to assist those who have 'set themselves the goal of preserving cultural treasures, ' the noted German restorer composed a thorough technical manual covering a wide range of specific techniques, including detailed instructions on how to execute structural repairs and alterations that, if skilfully done, can be virtually undetectable. By the mid-twentieth century, curators and conservators of graphic arts, discovering a nearly invisible repair in an old master print or drawing, might comment that the object had been 'Schweidlerized.' This volume, based on the authoritative revised German edition of 1949, makes Schweidler's work available in English for the first time, in a meticulously edited and annotated critical edition. The editor's introduction places the work in its historical context and probes the philosophical issues the book raises, while some two hundred annotati
Picturesque Ideas on the Flight Into Egypt
Author: Giovanni Domenico TiepoloPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870991213
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
European Drawings
Author: J. Paul Getty MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Gray Collection
Author: Kevin SalatinoPublisher: Art Institute of Chicago
ISBN: 0300250800
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
An engaging survey of a renowned collection of drawings that includes work by artists from Guercino and Hendrick Goltzius to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Jaume Plensa One of America's foremost art dealers, Richard Gray--along with his wife, the art historian Mary L. Gray--amassed a remarkable collection of drawings, paintings, and sculpture representing 700 years of Western art. Offering an in-depth look at the Gray Collection's drawings, this volume highlights 36 exceptional works that range from the 15th through the 20th century by artists such as Paolo Veronese, François Boucher, Auguste Rodin, Jackson Pollock, and Tadao Ando. Entries by scholars from a variety of fields provide new perspectives on individual drawings and discuss the ways in which they reflect changes in artistic practice and the evolution of draftsmanship. This handsome publication also features the guest book from the Richard Gray Gallery, a fascinating historical document adorned with drawings and salutations from the likes of Susan Sontag, Ellsworth Kelly, and Tom Wolfe.