The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens

The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens
Title The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens PDF eBook
Author Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
Publisher
Pages 208
Release 2019
Genre Art museums
ISBN 9780873282703

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The Huntington

The Huntington
Title The Huntington PDF eBook
Author Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Publisher Huntington Library Press
Pages 88
Release 2003
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN

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The treasures of the Huntington—literary, historic, artistic, and botanical—are captured in this beautiful volume. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 130 full-color photographs and containing a wealth of information about the collections, the book is both a pictorial treat and a fascinating resource for anyone wanting to learn more about the Huntington.

The Birds of America

The Birds of America
Title The Birds of America PDF eBook
Author John James Audubon
Publisher
Pages 476
Release 1842
Genre Birds
ISBN

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This edition has 65 new images, making a total of 500. The original configurations were altered so that there is only one species per plate. The text is a revision of the Ornithological Biography, rearranged according to Audubon's Synopsis of the Birds of North America (1839).

Nineteen Nineteen

Nineteen Nineteen
Title Nineteen Nineteen PDF eBook
Author James Glisson
Publisher Huntington Library Press
Pages 260
Release 2019
Genre Nineteen nineteen, A.D.
ISBN 9780873282680

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Race riots. Labor strikes. Women's battle for the vote. The aftermath of the Great War. The transformative events and harsh realities of the year 1919 still reverberate a century later. Nineteen Nineteen, published to accompany a centennial exhibition of the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, explores the institution and its founding through the lens of this single, tumultuous year. The fully illustrated catalog features works from The Huntington's vast collections of books, manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and art, many of them never exhibited or published before.

Flower Children

Flower Children
Title Flower Children PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Gordon
Publisher Applewood Books
Pages 98
Release 2008-02-29
Genre
ISBN 1557090866

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Published originally in 1910, this charming collection of flower poems and full-color illustrations animates the 82 flowers included in the book. From Crocus to Holly, the flowers are ordered in the book as each would appear throughout the year in a garden. Each illustration is half child and half flower, creating a wonderful way for children to see themselves in the natural world.

American Made

American Made
Title American Made PDF eBook
Author Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Publisher Prestel Publishing
Pages 0
Release 2014
Genre Art
ISBN 9783791353869

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The Huntington's finest examples of American Art are brought together for the first time in an innovative format that connects them through compelling visual juxtapositions to tell the story of American art in microcosm. Coinciding with the American gallery's thirtieth anniversary, this innovatively designed book features paintings, sculptures, decorative and graphic arts. Accompanied by thoughtful historical essays, American Made celebrates a collection that has grown from fifty paintings to more than 12,000 objects, making The Huntington one of the finest repositories of American art in the US.

Blue Boy & Co.

Blue Boy & Co.
Title Blue Boy & Co. PDF eBook
Author Catherine Hess
Publisher National Geographic Books
Pages 0
Release 2016-01-15
Genre Art
ISBN 379135468X

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2017 PubWest Book Design Bronze Award Winner for Art Book This book offers a celebration of one of America’s most important collections of European art, housed in The Huntington, among the world’s great cultural, research, and educational centers. Gainsborough’s Blue Boy is just one of the masterpieces contained in the Huntington Galleries—the first public collection of Old Master painting, sculpture, and decorative arts in Southern California, and among the most important collections of British Grand Manner portraits anywhere. Over one hundred of the most impressive works housed at The Huntington, including paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and works on paper, are published together for the first time in this handsome catalog. Breathtaking in their range, these works are presented in a dynamic format that juxtaposes medium, style, and cultural origin. The result is a visually stunning selection of European masterpieces that will serve as both a guide to The Huntington's collection and an enlightening compendium for anyone interested in European art.