Artistic Luxury: Faberge Tiffany Lalique
Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008. Hardbound. Dark purple boards w/ color pictorial DJ, [xii] 359pp, 408 color and 76 BW illustrations. VG / VG. Item #126999
ISBN: 9780300142242
An absolutely stunning book, full of reproductions of the artists work in full detail. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 19, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009 and at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Feb. 7-May 31, 2009. Four essays discuss the works in the context of their times, illuminate the high societies served by the three masters, and trace the cultural trends behind the designers' extraordinary creations. Contents as follows: Artistic luxury in the belle époque / Stephen Harrison -- France: the ascendancy of lalique / Emmanuel Ducamp -- Russia: Fabergé and his competitors / Emmanuel Ducamp and Wilfried Ziesler -- America: a tale of two Tiffanys / Jeannine Falino. Accompanying photographs show the individual exhibits, scenes from the World's Fair, and the glitterati who wore the artists' jewelry.
OCLC: 230187932
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