Vasemania: Neoclassical Form and Ornament in Europe: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Walker, Stefanie

Vasemania: Neoclassical Form and Ornament in Europe: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

When the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii were excavated in the eighteenth century, the objects found...
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Vasemania: Neoclassical Form and Ornament in Europe: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Walker, Stefanie

Vasemania: Neoclassical Form and Ornament in Europe: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

€106,40

Vasemania: Neoclassical Form and Ornament in Europe: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

€106,40
Author: Stefanie Walker
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

When the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii were excavated in the eighteenth century, the objects found there renewed artistic interest in classicism. Neoclassical style and imagery permeated paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts of the period, and a central element of design in all these art forms was the vase.

This beautiful book is the first to focus on the vase as an artistic and ornamental form in a variety of media. It presents and discusses about one hundred hidden treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's reserve collection--not only vases but also wine and water urns, knife boxes, ink wells, perfume burners, fabrics, carved paneling, marquetry furniture, silver, works on paper, and paintings--all using the vase motif. Vase imagery ranged from austere to fantastic to romantic, say the authors of this book, and the vase became a new paradigm of artistic achievement and a central symbol of European Neoclassicism.

Published in association with The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture

Author: Stefanie Walker
Publisher: Bard Graduate Center
Published: 09/10/2004
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.13lbs
Size: 11.38h x 9.80w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780300099348


Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2005 pg. 1809

About the Author

William Rieder is the deputy head of the department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Stefanie Walker is Special Exhibitions Curator at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture. Hans Ottomeyer is director of the German Historical Museum in Berlin.




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