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Art and the empire city New York, 1825-1861 edited by Catherine Hoover Voorsanger and John K. Howat
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, American--New York (State)--New York--19th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, American.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 636 pages) illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- New York Metropolitan Museum of Art New Haven Yale University Press [2000]
- Summary:
- "This volume is illustrated in color and black and white, providing reproductions of the more than three hundred works in the exhibition as well as comparative material. A checklist of works in the exhibition, a bibliography, and an index are included."--Jacket
- 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
- Notes:
- Exhibition held Sept. 19, 2000 through Jan. 7, 2001 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-617) and index
- Description based on print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version Art and the empire city
- OCLC:
- 856653358
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