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Watteau, Music, and Theater

Author : Antoine Watteau

Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 16,74 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Artists and theater

ISBN : 1588393356

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"Accompanying an exhibition in honor of Philippe de Montebello, Director Emeritus of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this engaging book examines the influence of music and theater on the art of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Fifteen major paintings and a number of drawings by Watteau that illustrate the connections between painting and the performing arts in Paris are explored. In addition, drawings and prints by other 18th-century artists featuring musical or theatrical subjects and objects and musical instruments are included."--Publisher description.



Extravagant Inventions

Author : Wolfram Koeppe

Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art

Page : 308 pages

File Size : 12,37 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Design

ISBN : 1588394743

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Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition "Extravagant Inventions: the Princely Furniture of the Roentgens" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 30, 2102, through January 27, 2013.



Vienna Circa 1780

Author : Wolfram Koeppe

Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art

Page : 126 pages

File Size : 38,21 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Decoration and ornament

ISBN : 1588393682

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Wolfram Koeppe is Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. --Book Jacket.





Fake?

Author : Mark Jones

Publisher : Univ of California Press

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 19,20 MB

Release : 1990-01-01

Category : Art

ISBN : 9780520070875

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Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.



Industrial Ceramics

Author : F. Singer

Publisher : Springer

Page : 1460 pages

File Size : 21,99 MB

Release : 2013-12-14

Category : Science

ISBN : 9401752575

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High Tea

Author : Laurie E. Barnes

Publisher :

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 14,51 MB

Release : 2015-02-15

Category : Art

ISBN : 9780692355848

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The catalog for the Norton Museum of Art exhibition, High Tea: Glorious Manifestations East and West focuses on the art of tea in high society from eight key cultures worldwide: China, Korea, Japan, Germany/Austria, France, Russia, Britain, and America.



The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

Author : The J. Paul Getty Museum

Publisher : Getty Publications

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 27,29 MB

Release : 1985-01-01

Category : Art

ISBN : 0892360909

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The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 13 is a compendium of articles and notes pertaining to the Museum's permanent collections of antiquities, decorative arts, drawings, paintings, and photographs. This volume includes a supplement introduced by John Walsh with a fully illustrated checklist of the Getty’s recent acquisitions. Volume 13 includes articles written by Helayna I. Thickpenny, Michael Pfrommer, Klaus Parlasca, Heidemaire Koch, Jean-Dominique Augarde, Colin Streeter, Gillian Wilson, Charissa Bremer-David, C. Gay Nieda, Adrian Sassoon, Selma Holo, Marcel Roethlisberger, Louise Lippincott, Mark Leonard, Burton B. Fredericksen, Nigel Glendinning, Eleanor Sayre, and William Innes Homer.



Studies in European Arms and Armor

Author : Claude Blair

Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press

Page : 220 pages

File Size : 46,82 MB

Release : 1992

Category : History

ISBN :

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The Kienbusch Collection is one of the finest holdings of medieval and Renaissance armor and arms in the US. Collected here are six essays that focus on the diversity of the collection, written by a distinguished group of internationally respected scholars, and accompanied by 144 illustrations, 20 in color. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR



Early Chests in Wood and Iron

Author : Great Britain. Public Record Office. Museum

Publisher :

Page : 24 pages

File Size : 20,18 MB

Release : 1974

Category : Design

ISBN :

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