Author:
Publisher: MFA Publications
ISBN: 9780878468560
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A stunning stained glass window becomes a lens through which to view the career of Louis Comfort Tiffany and intersecting arcs of art and design in America. The story of the Parakeets stained glass window - from national and international recognition to years of obscurity, followed by a return to the limelight - parallels the public reception of the art of its maker, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who had one of the most recognized names in American art at the turn of the twentieth century. It is a story of artistic ambition and experimentation, of nationalist pride and promotion, and of the capricious nature of public opinion and the art market. A careful study of the fabrication, imagery, and life of the window offers an intimate look into the legacy of Tiffany, as well as the nineteenth-century revival of the lesser-known medium of stained glass, which some argue was the United States' first major contribution to the international art world.
Louis Comfort Tiffany - Parakeet Window
Author:
Publisher: MFA Publications
ISBN: 9780878468560
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A stunning stained glass window becomes a lens through which to view the career of Louis Comfort Tiffany and intersecting arcs of art and design in America. The story of the Parakeets stained glass window - from national and international recognition to years of obscurity, followed by a return to the limelight - parallels the public reception of the art of its maker, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who had one of the most recognized names in American art at the turn of the twentieth century. It is a story of artistic ambition and experimentation, of nationalist pride and promotion, and of the capricious nature of public opinion and the art market. A careful study of the fabrication, imagery, and life of the window offers an intimate look into the legacy of Tiffany, as well as the nineteenth-century revival of the lesser-known medium of stained glass, which some argue was the United States' first major contribution to the international art world.
Publisher: MFA Publications
ISBN: 9780878468560
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A stunning stained glass window becomes a lens through which to view the career of Louis Comfort Tiffany and intersecting arcs of art and design in America. The story of the Parakeets stained glass window - from national and international recognition to years of obscurity, followed by a return to the limelight - parallels the public reception of the art of its maker, Louis Comfort Tiffany, who had one of the most recognized names in American art at the turn of the twentieth century. It is a story of artistic ambition and experimentation, of nationalist pride and promotion, and of the capricious nature of public opinion and the art market. A careful study of the fabrication, imagery, and life of the window offers an intimate look into the legacy of Tiffany, as well as the nineteenth-century revival of the lesser-known medium of stained glass, which some argue was the United States' first major contribution to the international art world.
Tiffany Windows Stained Glass Pattern Book
Author: Connie Clough Eaton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486139662
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
60 lovely, royalty-free designs from authentic landscape and memorial windows, panels, transoms, skylights, glass screens, more. Also practical for other craft and coloring activities.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486139662
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
60 lovely, royalty-free designs from authentic landscape and memorial windows, panels, transoms, skylights, glass screens, more. Also practical for other craft and coloring activities.
Tiffany Windows
Author: Alastair Duncan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Windows were the major emphasis of Louis Comfort Tiffany's work. Yet today, most Tiffany windows have never been seen by the public. Alastair Duncan has tracked down virtually every window still extant and has documented examples that have disappeared or been destroyed. Along with providing photographs of over 200 windows, more than half in color, Duncan describes how the glass was made and the windows constructed; Tiffany's designers and the workings of the Window Department; his critics and international exhibitions; window themes; signatures; chronology; and a complete list of all Tiffany windows.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Windows were the major emphasis of Louis Comfort Tiffany's work. Yet today, most Tiffany windows have never been seen by the public. Alastair Duncan has tracked down virtually every window still extant and has documented examples that have disappeared or been destroyed. Along with providing photographs of over 200 windows, more than half in color, Duncan describes how the glass was made and the windows constructed; Tiffany's designers and the workings of the Window Department; his critics and international exhibitions; window themes; signatures; chronology; and a complete list of all Tiffany windows.
A New Light on Tiffany
Author: Martin P. Eidelberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) is celebrated today as one of the most influential creative designers of the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries. A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls presents the celebrated works of Tiffany Studios in an entirely new context, focusing on the "Tiffany Girls", the 27 women who laboured behind the scenes to create the masterpieces now inextricably linked to the Tiffany name. Recently discovered correspondence written by Ohio-born Clara Driscoll, head of the so-called "Women's Glass Cutting Department" at Tiffany Studios, reveals in convincing and vivid detail how it was in fact Driscoll who generated designs for such masterpieces as the famous Wisteria, Dragonfly and Peony goods. At the heart of the book are over 50 Tiffany lamps, windows, ceramics, enamels and mosaics, supplemented by a wide array of related documents and archival photographs.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) is celebrated today as one of the most influential creative designers of the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries. A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls presents the celebrated works of Tiffany Studios in an entirely new context, focusing on the "Tiffany Girls", the 27 women who laboured behind the scenes to create the masterpieces now inextricably linked to the Tiffany name. Recently discovered correspondence written by Ohio-born Clara Driscoll, head of the so-called "Women's Glass Cutting Department" at Tiffany Studios, reveals in convincing and vivid detail how it was in fact Driscoll who generated designs for such masterpieces as the famous Wisteria, Dragonfly and Peony goods. At the heart of the book are over 50 Tiffany lamps, windows, ceramics, enamels and mosaics, supplemented by a wide array of related documents and archival photographs.
The Jewelry and Enamels of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Author: Janet Zapata
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Louis Comfort Tiffany's spectacular and highly individual Art Nouveau lamps, favrile glass bases, and stained-glass windows have long been admired throughout the world. Recently, however, his considerable accomplishments in other areas oaf the decorative arts have become more widely known--and equally praised. This new book is the first to concentrate on Tiffany's stunning work with fine jewerly and enamel.
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Louis Comfort Tiffany's spectacular and highly individual Art Nouveau lamps, favrile glass bases, and stained-glass windows have long been admired throughout the world. Recently, however, his considerable accomplishments in other areas oaf the decorative arts have become more widely known--and equally praised. This new book is the first to concentrate on Tiffany's stunning work with fine jewerly and enamel.
Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
Author: Medill Higgins Harvey
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588396908
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Edward C. Moore (1827–1891) was the creative leader who brought Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the late nineteenth century. A silversmith, designer, and prodigious collector, Moore sought out exceptional objects from around the world, which he then used as inspiration for Tiffany’s innovative silver designs. This informative, richly illustrated volume, the first study of Moore’s life, collection, and influence, presents more than 170 examples from his vast collection, ranging from Greek and Roman glass to Spanish vases, Islamic metalwork, and Japanese textiles. These are juxtaposed with sixty magnificent silver objects created by the designers and artisans at Tiffany who were inspired by Moore’s acquisitions. Included among them are the world-famous Bryant Vase drawing upon Greek examples, a love cup featuring ornate “Saracenic” decoration, and a chocolate pot incorporating novel techniques influenced by Japanese ceramics and lacquerware. The illuminating texts have been enriched by groundbreaking research into contemporary sources such as newspapers and periodicals, the Tiffany & Co. Archives, and a newly identified technical manual and supervisor’s diaries, all of which provide an intimate look at the firm’s design processes and Moore’s role in shaping them. A valuable contribution to the history of American decorative arts, Collecting Inspiration illuminates both the legendary Tiffany aesthetic and the legacy of a significant collector, designer, and entrepreneur of the Gilded Age.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588396908
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Edward C. Moore (1827–1891) was the creative leader who brought Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the late nineteenth century. A silversmith, designer, and prodigious collector, Moore sought out exceptional objects from around the world, which he then used as inspiration for Tiffany’s innovative silver designs. This informative, richly illustrated volume, the first study of Moore’s life, collection, and influence, presents more than 170 examples from his vast collection, ranging from Greek and Roman glass to Spanish vases, Islamic metalwork, and Japanese textiles. These are juxtaposed with sixty magnificent silver objects created by the designers and artisans at Tiffany who were inspired by Moore’s acquisitions. Included among them are the world-famous Bryant Vase drawing upon Greek examples, a love cup featuring ornate “Saracenic” decoration, and a chocolate pot incorporating novel techniques influenced by Japanese ceramics and lacquerware. The illuminating texts have been enriched by groundbreaking research into contemporary sources such as newspapers and periodicals, the Tiffany & Co. Archives, and a newly identified technical manual and supervisor’s diaries, all of which provide an intimate look at the firm’s design processes and Moore’s role in shaping them. A valuable contribution to the history of American decorative arts, Collecting Inspiration illuminates both the legendary Tiffany aesthetic and the legacy of a significant collector, designer, and entrepreneur of the Gilded Age.
The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Author: Louis Comfort Tiffany
Publisher: Vendome Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This is the first book devoted to Tiffany lamps in more than 20 years. Experts in the field have made a selection of exceptional lamps-many of which have rarely been seen or published-and each one has been newly photographed with the latest photographic techniques to reveal in extraordinary detail the artistic quality and high craftsmanship of these masterpieces of decorative art. Martin Eidelberg and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen have contributed essays on the history of the lamps, enlarging our understanding of Louis Comfort Tiffany's achievement. They have also drawn upon a host of previously unpublished photographs, paintings, and watercolors by Tiffany and other artists in his employ, as well as on working drawings and studio photographs, to evoke the lost gardens and interiors of Tiffany's country estate, Laurelton Hall, that so inspired him. They outline the development and manufacture of the Tiffany lamp from freehand sketch to the finished form, as well as the chief decorative themes in Tiffany's glass masterpieces and their relation to the work of other fin de sihcle glassmakers. In this book, light, color, and the inspiration of nature co-mingle to produce a deliciously sensuous experience.
Publisher: Vendome Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This is the first book devoted to Tiffany lamps in more than 20 years. Experts in the field have made a selection of exceptional lamps-many of which have rarely been seen or published-and each one has been newly photographed with the latest photographic techniques to reveal in extraordinary detail the artistic quality and high craftsmanship of these masterpieces of decorative art. Martin Eidelberg and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen have contributed essays on the history of the lamps, enlarging our understanding of Louis Comfort Tiffany's achievement. They have also drawn upon a host of previously unpublished photographs, paintings, and watercolors by Tiffany and other artists in his employ, as well as on working drawings and studio photographs, to evoke the lost gardens and interiors of Tiffany's country estate, Laurelton Hall, that so inspired him. They outline the development and manufacture of the Tiffany lamp from freehand sketch to the finished form, as well as the chief decorative themes in Tiffany's glass masterpieces and their relation to the work of other fin de sihcle glassmakers. In this book, light, color, and the inspiration of nature co-mingle to produce a deliciously sensuous experience.
Stained Glass Pattern Book
Author: Ed Sibbett
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048623360X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This splendid sourcebook for stained glass designs contains 88 patterns in styles ranging from medieval interlacements to Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and modern motifs. Suitable for crafters at every level of expertise, the patterns can be easily expanded for full-sized panels, mirror surrounds, and other decorative work.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048623360X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This splendid sourcebook for stained glass designs contains 88 patterns in styles ranging from medieval interlacements to Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and modern motifs. Suitable for crafters at every level of expertise, the patterns can be easily expanded for full-sized panels, mirror surrounds, and other decorative work.
Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum
Author: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0810965356
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Reprint of the Metropolitan Museum of Art bulletin (summer 1998).
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0810965356
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Reprint of the Metropolitan Museum of Art bulletin (summer 1998).
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Author: Marilynn Johnson
Publisher: Scala Books
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Published to accompany the travelling exhibition opening at the Seattle Art Museum in October 2005.
Publisher: Scala Books
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Published to accompany the travelling exhibition opening at the Seattle Art Museum in October 2005.