Libros de ARTES DECORATIVAS

La tapisserie a longtemps représenté le summum du raffinement et du faste en termes de décor d'intérieur. Au-delà de la qualité des matériaux et du tissage qui donnait toute leur valeur à ces oeuvres, la ...

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This new publication brings together a range of leading scholars from Europe, America and the Middle East to discuss the most recent research in the field of Byzantine glass and mosaics in an interdisciplinary context. ...

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Emphasizing on the one hand the reconstruction of the material culture of specific residences, and on the other, the way in which particular domestic objects reflect, shape, and mediate family values and relationships within the ...

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Study of the influence of Japanese Meiji art on the Modern Art movement in the West with superlative examples drawn from the Khalili Collection From the 1860s to the 1890s, the rise of Japonisme and ...

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More than 500 Baroque and later ivories from the V&A's outstanding collection are illustrated and discussed in this scholarly catalogue. Included here is every ivory sculpture made after 1550 from a collection comprising German, Austrian, ...

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Antonio Stradivari is, perhaps, the only maker of violins who ranks alongside Van Gogh and Turner as an artist. A household name to many, he is associated with secret formulae and mystical processes ensuring his ...

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Japanese erotic art, or shunga , has a long history, with thousands of high- quality paintings, prints, handscrolls and illustrated books produced by artists both celebrated and anonymous, mostly from the late seventeenth to the ...

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This sumptuous volume salutes everything Art Deco-from historically significant art and design through to the present day. The Art Deco style is so recognizable and widespread that its original influence on the culture in which ...

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Painting has always been regarded by the Chinese as a supreme art, equal to those of poetry and philosophy. But dating back over 2,500 years, many Chinese paintings were made to be viewed just for ...

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Sculptor and furniture designer Wendell Castle has carved a distinct path over nearly six decades of a distinguished career, and this long-awaited recording of his oeuvre, 'Wendell Castle: A Catalogue Raisonne', 1958-2012, beautifully delivers. The ...

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The delicate beauty of the cashmere shawl was first brought to Europe by the East India Companies and Napoleon's campaigns. Woven in Kashmir, its fabric was so light that, according to legend, a whole shawl ...

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Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition " 1925 quand l'Art Déco séduit le monde " à la Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine, Paris, du 15 octobre 2013 au 17 février 2014 Le début du XXe ...

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Baccarat celebrates more than 250 years as one of the most important and prestigious luxury houses. Acclaimed for its high-quality traditional craftsmanship of fine crystal stemware, barware, candelabra, perfume bottles, and jewelry, Baccarat is known ...

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Le Musée Cernuschi, parallèlement à ses bronzes archaïques chinois, conserve un fonds important de bronzes archaïsants, de la dynastie Song à la dynastie Qing (IXe-XXe siècles) actuellement tous en réserve ; longtemps dédaignés, ces bronzes ...

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Travel, Collecting, and Museums of Asian Art in Nineteenth-Century Paris examines a history of contact between modern Europe and East Asia through three collectors: Henri Cernuschi, Emile Guimet, and Edmond de Goncourt. Drawing on a ...

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An engaging history and examination of the studio furniture movement, "Speaking of Furniture: Conversations with 14 American Masters" is an informative, firsthand presentation of the creative processes of 14 diverse and highly accomplished artisan furniture ...

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Nouveau volume de la collection "Rencontres de l'École du Louvre', La galerie des Glaces après sa restauration. Contexte et restitution rassemble les contributions du colloque international organisé par l'École du Louvre, le musée national des ...

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The sheer complexity of the subject of European furniture, ranging through an enormous variety of styles with often only small regional differences, makes it unrealistic to cover it adequately in anything less than the detailed ...

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This lavishly illustrated book documents the most distinguished works from the Metropolitan Museum's extensive collection of domestic, ecclesiastical, and presentation silver from the Colonial and Federal periods. Detailed discussions provide a stylistic and socio-historical context ...

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William Morris Textiles was the first comprehensive survey of the many hundreds of original, colorful textiles produced by William Morris (1834-1896) and the two commercial companies he founded and managed. To this day it remains ...

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From 1650 to 1900 Paris was the undisputed centre of fashion and taste in Europe. Home to a unique concentration of artists, designers, patrons, critics, and a keen buying public, Paris was the city where ...

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L'autore ha voluto dedicarsi allo stretto rapporto esistente fra la pittura napoletana del XVII e XVIII secolo e le figure presepiali del '700 e viceversa: all'influenza che taluni personaggi, animali, accessori del presepe hanno avuto ...

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Dans les années 1960, Georges de Lastic avait établi le premier catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Desportes et en fit l'objet de son mémoire de l'École du Louvre en 1969. Il s'agit essentiellement d'un recollement ...

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