Sargent, Whistler & Venetian glass : American artists and the magic of Murano / edited by Crawford Alexander Mann III ; with contributions by Sheldon Barr, Melody Barnett Deusner, Diana Jocelyn Greenwold, Stephanie Mayer Heydt, Crawford Alexander Mann III, Brittany Emens Strupp.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Mann, Crawford Alexander, III, editor.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, publisher, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glass art--Italy--Murano--Exhibitions.

Glass art.

Lace and lace making--Italy--Burano--Exhibitions.

Lace and lace making.

Aesthetics, American--Exhibitions.

Aesthetics, American.

Glass art--Collectors and collecting--United States--Exhibitions.

Painting, American--19th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, American.

Painting, American--20th century--Exhibitions.

Glass art--Collectors and collecting.

Venice (Italy)--In art--Exhibitions.

Venice (Italy).

United States.

Italy--Venice.

Italy--Murano.

Italy--Burano.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Art.

Physical Description:

335 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Other Title:

Sargent, Whistler and Venetian glass

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; Princeton : in association with Princeton University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Experience the spectacle of Venice and its rich history as a glassmaking capital through Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano. This exhibition catalogue is the first comprehensive examination of the American Grand Tour to Venice in the late nineteenth century, revealing the glass furnaces and their new creative boom as a vibrant facet of the city's allure. This gorgeously illustrated catalogue features paintings and prints by John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Frank Duveneck, Thomas Moran, William Merritt Chase, Maurice Prendergast, Maxfield Parrish, Louise Cox, and Ellen Day Hale alongside rarely seen Venetian glass mosaic portraits and glass cups, vases, and urns by the leading Murano glassmakers. Reuniting these exquisitely crafted objects with paintings, etchings, and drawings from the same milieu, this catalogue recovers and explains their past significance. Five new essays from experts in the history of American art and of Venetian glass provide the first combined survey of fine and decorative arts from the Venetian Grand Tour, offering a unique and valuable contribution to the fields of American Art and nineteenth-century cultural history. Ultimately, this project demonstrates the lasting impact of the nineteenth-century Venetian glass revival on American art, literature, and education, as well as period concepts of gender and social class."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Murano Glass and its Collectors in Aesthetic America / Melody Barnett Deusner

Venetian Mosaics and Glass in the United States, 1860-1917 / Sheldon Barr

"Where Have Titian's Beauties Gone?" : Sargent and Whistler on the Streets of Venice / Stephanie Mayer Heydt

Interweaving Worlds : Antique and Revival Lace in Italy and in the United States, 1872-1927 / Diana Jocelyn Greenwold

Sparks of Genius : American Art and the Appeal of Modern Venetian Glass / Crawford Alexander Mann III

Biographies / Brittany Emens Strupp, Crawford Alexander Mann III.

Notes:

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, October 8, 2021 to May 8, 2022. Also traveling to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX, June 25 to September 11, 2022; and the Ca' Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, Venice, Italy, October 15, 2022 to January 8, 2023"-- Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Mann, Crawford Alexander, III. Sparks of Genius.

Container of: Barr, Sheldon, 1938- Venetian mosaics and glass in the United States, 1860-1917.

Container of: Deusner, Melody Barnett. Murano glass and its collectors in aesthetic America.

Container of: Greenwold, Diana. Interweaving worlds.

Container of: Heydt, Stephanie Mayer. Where have Titian's beauties gone?

ISBN:

9780691222677

0691222673

OCLC:

1246673952