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America's collection : the art and architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State / [Director and curator] Virginia B. Hart with Bri Brophy, Laaren Brown, Elliot Bostwick Davis, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Allan Greenberg, Mark Alan Hewitt, The Honorable John F. Kerry, Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley, Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, David M. Rubenstein, Stacy Schiff, Carolyn Vaughan, Deborah Dependahl Waters ; principal photography by Durston Saylor, Bruce M. White.
Fine Arts Library NK460.W3 H37 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hart, Virginia B., author, curator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diplomatic Reception Rooms (Washington, D.C.).
- Harry S. Truman Federal Building (Washington, D.C.).
- United States. Department of State--Buildings.
- United States.
- United States. Department of State--History.
- Public buildings--Washington (D.C.).
- Public buildings.
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--Buildings, structures, etc--Catalogs.
- Diplomatic and consular service, American.
- Art, American--Washington (D.C.)--Catalogs.
- Art, American.
- Art--Washington (D.C.)--Catalogs.
- Art.
- Antiques--Washington (D.C.)--Catalogs.
- Antiques.
- Decorative arts--United States--Catalogs.
- Decorative arts.
- Furniture--United States--Catalogs.
- Furniture.
- Furniture--Washington (D.C.)--Catalogs.
- Decoration and ornament--Washington (D.C.)--Catalogs.
- Decoration and ornament.
- Architecture, American--Washington (D.C.)--Catalogs.
- Architecture, American.
- Architecture--United States--Catalogs.
- Architecture.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 351 pages : black and white illustrations, color illustrations, color photographs ; 32 cm
- Edition:
- Rizzoli Electa hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Art and architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2023.
- Summary:
- "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these negotiations have taken place in the rarified environment of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State. Tucked inside the modern Truman Building in the center of Washington, D.C., lies this special suite of rooms transformed by four renowned architects—gems of classical architecture brimming with exceptional American art and artifacts that tell the story of the nation’s founding and represent the singular ideals of the American character. Housing one of the finest collections in the world, along with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Winterthur, these rooms display more than 5,000 objects, including paintings by John Singleton Copley and Gilbert Stuart; silver and porcelain owned by George Washington and other presidents; fine furniture; maps and documents; prints and drawings, not to mention the very desk the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War was signed on. With all-new photography and essays, this book captures the history of the rooms and explores more than 150 examples of the extraordinary American art that animates the exquisite spaces" -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / The Honorable John F. Kerry
- The art of welcoming the world / Virginia B. Hart
- Benjamin Franklin & the birth of American diplomacy / Stacy Schiff
- The Americana project / Carolyn Vaughan
- America's collection / Bri Brophy
- The architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms / Allan Greenberg & Mark Alan Hewitt
- Highlights of the collection: commentaries on individual works of art / Laaren Brown
- Paintings & sculpture: the American school and beyond / Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
- Ceramics: foreign wares to American shores / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
- Furniture: reflections on the cultural traditions of America's artisans / Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley
- Works on paper: the diplomatic word & image / Elliot Bostwick Davis
- Silver & other metals: wrought with skill / Debora Dependahl Waters
- Afterword / David M. Rubenstein.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-341) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780847873272
- 0847873277
- OCLC:
- 1371483041
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