Tableaux Objets D'art Meubles
Title | Tableaux Objets D'art Meubles PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Alain Labat (Firm) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | |
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Art and Auctions
Title | Art and Auctions PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 638 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Index of Art Sales Catalogs 1981-1985: Main index, October 7, 1984-December 23, 1985. Subject index
Title | Index of Art Sales Catalogs 1981-1985: Main index, October 7, 1984-December 23, 1985. Subject index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 656 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Index of Art Sales Catalogs, 1981-1985: Main index, January 5, 1981-October 6, 1984
Title | Index of Art Sales Catalogs, 1981-1985: Main index, January 5, 1981-October 6, 1984 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Macmillan Reference USA |
Pages | 632 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Title | Luxury Arts of the Renaissance PDF eBook |
Author | Marina Belozerskaya |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2005-10-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0892367857 |
Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
Library Catalog
Title | Library Catalog PDF eBook |
Author | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1060 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
King of Fashion
Title | King of Fashion PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Poiret |
Publisher | V&A Fashion Perspectives |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-05 |
Genre | Fashion designers |
ISBN | 9781851779611 |
"Paul Poiret (1879-1944) led the fashion world in the first decade of the twentieth century and his autobiography tells the extraordinary story of his meteoric rise to fame. From his humble Parisian childhood to his debut as a couturier, to his experiences during the First World War, Poiret reveals all in this captivating tale, first published in 1931. An astute businessman, Poiret translated the spirit of Art Deco into revolutionary garments, and his memoir brings this astonishing period to life."--Publisher's description