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Inventing the modern world : decorative arts at the world's fairs, 1851-1939 / Jason T. Busch and Catherine L. Futter, with contributions by Regina Lee Blaszczyk ... [et al.].
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NK1110 .I58 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Busch, Jason T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decorative arts--Exhibitions--History--19th century.
- Decorative arts.
- Decorative arts--History--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Exhibitions--History--19th century.
- Exhibitions.
- Exhibitions--History--20th century.
- Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England).
- Great Exhibition.
- Genre:
- Exhibitions (Events)
- Industrial expositions.
- World's fairs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 303 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, [Penns.] : Carnegie Museum of Art ; Kansas City, [Missouri] : Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art ; New York, NY : Skira Rizzoli, 2012.
- Contents:
- From progress to modernity : invention and innovation at the World's Fairs / Regina Lee Blaszczyk
- Manufacturers at the World's Fairs : the model of 1851 / Martin P. Levy
- "Modern Renaissance" : revival and progression in decorative arts at the World's Fairs / Jason T. Busch
- J. & L. Lobmeyr : a case study of glass at the World's Fairs / Jane Shadel Spillman
- "The federation of mankind" : cross-cultural influences in decorative arts at the World's Fairs / Catherine L. Futter
- "All the ages of the world" : inspiration and innovation from Tiffany & Co. at the World's Fairs / Annamarie V. Sandecki
- Kings, peasants, dragons and flowers : national symbolism in decorative arts at the World's Fairs / Ethan Robey
- Modernity revealed : the World's Fairs from 1900 to 1925 / Stephen Harrison
- Style through science : modern industrial design and the World's Fairs of the 1930s / Kevin W. Tucker
- Exhibiting firms, designers and artists / Karin A. Jones and Dawn Reid.
- Notes:
- Exhibition itinerary: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, April 14-August 19, 2012; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Oct. 13, 2012-Feb. 24, 2013; New Orleans Museum of Art, April 12-August 4, 2013; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, Sept. 9, 2013-Jan. 19, 2014.
- Includes bibliograhical references (p. 280-283) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Rosenlund fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780847838097 (rel.)
- 0847838099 (rel.)
- 9780880390552 (br.)
- 0880390557 (br.)
- OCLC:
- 811560613
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