Salvaging the Past: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1907-2013 - Rilegato

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0300190247 ISBN 13: 9780300190243

Casa editrice: Bard College Center, 2013

Riassunto

Georges Hoentschel (1855-1915) was a leading French interior designer in historic styles, head of a decorating firm, and ceramicist during the Belle Epoque. He found inspiration for his designs in Medieval and 18th-century French art, which he avidly collected amassing more than 4000 pieces of furniture, woodwork, metalwork, sculpture, paintings, and textiles. After visiting Hoentschel in Paris, the American financier J. Pierpont Morgan acquired the collection and bequeathed it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1906 and 1916-17. These works greatly enriched the museum's medieval art department and became the nucleus of its decorative arts department, profoundly influencing American tastes in the early 20th century. Through texts, early documentary photographs, and images of newly conserved works, "Salvaging the Past" goes behind the scenes to explore the history and influence of this remarkable collection.

Su questo libro

Product Description:

Book by KislukGrosheide Danielle O Krohn Deborah L Leben U

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Bard College Center
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0300190247
• ISBN 13: 9780300190243
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 285
• Redattore: Kisluk-Grosheide Danielle, Krohn Deborah L., Leben Ulrich