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Art and the empire city : New York, 1825-1861 / edited by Catherine Hoover Voorsanger and John K. Howat

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Author:
Voorsanger, Catherine Hoover  Search this
Howat, John K  Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 636 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2000
C2000
19th century
Notes:
Exhibition held Sept. 19, 2000 through Jan. 7, 2001 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
SCREF copy 39088009651753, CHMREF copy 39088009651761, AAPG copy 39088009651779 have bookplates: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CHM copy 39088010226322 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Elizabeth Broman.
Contents:
Inventing the metropolis : civilization and urbanity in antebellum New York / Dell Upton -- Mapping the venues : New York City art exhibitions / Carrie Rebora Barratt -- Private collectors and public spirit : a selective view / John K. Howat -- Selling the sublime and the beautiful : New York landscape painting and tourism / Kevin J. Avery -- Modeling a reputation : the American sculptor and New York City / Thayer Tolles -- Building the empire city : architects and architecture / Morrison H. Heckscher -- The currency of culture : prints in New York city / Elliot Bostwick Davis -- "A palace for the sun" : early photography in New York City / Jeff L. Rosenheim -- "Ahead of th world" : New York city fashion / Caroline Rennolds Milbank -- The products of empire : shopping for home decorations in New York City / Amelia Peck -- "Gorgeous articles of furniture" : cabinetmaking in the empire city / Catherine Hoover Voorsanger -- Empire city entrepreneurs : ceramics and glass in New York City / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen -- "Silver ware in great perfection" : the precious metals trades in New York City / Deborah Dependahl Waters
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Call number:
N6535.N5 A28 2000X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_615835