Book Description
Tells the colorful story of the Renwick Gallery's initial glory, decline, and rebirth over a period of 160 years
Author : Smithsonian American Art Museum
Publisher : Giles
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Tells the colorful story of the Renwick Gallery's initial glory, decline, and rebirth over a period of 160 years
Author : Elizabeth Kennedy
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,75 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Art, American
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Author : James Gardner
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 44,96 MB
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 0802148794
The centuries-long history of the Louvre, from humble fortress to Royal palace to the world’s greatest art museum—with photos and building maps. Some ten million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre each year to enjoy its incomparable art collection. Yet few of them are aware of the remarkable history of the site and buildings themselves—a fascinating story that historian James Gardner elegantly chronicles in this authoritative history. More than seven thousand years ago, men and women camped on a spot called le Louvre for reasons unknown. Centuries later, King Philippe Auguste of France constructed a fortress there, just outside the walls of a nascent Paris. Intended to protect the capital against English soldiers stationed in Normandy, the fortress became a royal residence under Charles V two centuries later, and then the monarchy’s principal residence under the great Renaissance king François I. In 1682, when Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles, the Louvre languished until the French Revolution when, during the Reign of Terror in 1793, it first opened its doors to display the nation’s treasures. Ever since—through the Napoleonic era, the Commune, two World Wars, to the present—the Louvre has been a witness to French history, and expanded to become home to a legendary art collection that includes the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. Includes sixteen pages of full-color photos illustrating the history of the Louvre, a full-color map detailing its evolution from fortress to museum, and black-and-white images throughout the narrative.
Author : Renwick Gallery
Publisher : Giles
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 2015
Category : ART
ISBN : 9781907804823
Features over 180 highlights from the Renwick Gallery's remarkable collection of craft objects from the 19th century to the present.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 34,97 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Current events
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Author : Frances Wilson Huard
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 11,24 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Americans
ISBN :
Author : Terra Foundation for American Art
Publisher : Other Distribution
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,20 MB
Release : 2014
Category : ART
ISBN : 9780300207613
"Known today primarily for his role in the development of the electromagnetic telegraph and Morse code, Samuel F.B. Morse began his career as a painter. His monumental Gallery of the Louvre was the culmination of an extended period of study in Europe"--Provided by publisher.
Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 29,63 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Civil service
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 33,33 MB
Release : 1895
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Author : Cheryll May
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 23,65 MB
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 1443857475
In recent years, American art scholars have increasingly focused on the importance of cross-cultural exchanges during the nineteenth century. As essayist François Brunet puts it, mid-nineteenth century landscapes were “transnational . . . permeated by complex transactions where ‘American’ originality produced itself not only in imitation of or reaction against ‘European’ influences, . . . but as critical mirroring and incorporating of ‘European’ images.” Articles in this collection make clear that the “conversation of cultures” went both ways, with American artworks and culture also affecting European artistic and literary practice. Essays explore the transnational origin of many types of American artworks, from stained glass windows, which usually copied their European originals with great exactitude, to paintings and sculptures using distinctly American motifs, such as the Puritan and the cowboy, to distinguish American art students from their Parisian masters. It also examines American cultural icons, particularly the American Indian, appropriated by European writers, artists, and philosophers to embody primeval wisdom. A distinguished international group of scholars, including Brunet, Robert Rydell, and Peter Gibian, offer valuable perspectives on the ever-broadening field of transnational cultural studies.