The Victoria And Albert Museum
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Introducing The Victoria And Albert Museum
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Author : Victoria and Albert Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Introducing The Victoria And Albert Museum written by Victoria and Albert Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Art categories.
This guide is designed as a useful aid to planning a visit to the V&A Museum. It highlights the most popular exhibits and provides easy-to-follow routes to reach them. The text explains some of the background to the periods and the collections.
Creating The V A
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Author : Julius Bryant
language : en
Publisher: V&A 19th-Century Series
Release Date : 2019
Creating The V A written by Julius Bryant and has been published by V&A 19th-Century Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Art categories.
Creating the V&A tells the definitive story of the formative years of London's world renowned Victoria and Albert Museum and the gathering of its early collections in the decade between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the death of Prince Albert in 1861. The story of the V&A's genesis is often centered on the first director and first curator (Henry Cole and J. C. Robinson), and their competing agendas for design reform and connoisseurship. And yet there is an untold story of how the young royal couple for whom it is named were highly instrumental in the establishment of the museum, as public supporters and large-scale lenders before a permanent collection was in place. The book is also full of fascinating and colorful stories of the strategies deployed to harvest treasures on the market as the young museum sought to fill its rapidly expanding buildings and compete with the British Museum and the Crystal Palace. For anyone interested in the history of collecting and curating, and for all fans of this legendary London museum, Creating the V&A explains how the foundational collections established parameters which still inform the museum's collecting policies, role, and identity today.
The Victoria Albert Museum
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Author : Michael Darby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Victoria Albert Museum written by Michael Darby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Art categories.
"London's Victoria and Albert Museum was the first, and is still the foremost museum of decorative art in the world. Indeed, it has been said that it virtually invented the concept of "decorative art"--Those objects such as pottery, furniture and textiles which, whilst serving a useful purpose, exhibit artistic skill and beauty ... the authors, all experts associated with the V & A for many years -- have chosen to illustrate over 600 items, grouping them in the three main divisions of British, European and Oriental art, the latter including the arts of China, Japan, India and the Islamic world. Each section has a short history of the art of the region, so that the V & A's objects can bee seen in context, as well as detailed individual captions for eachn object. There is also a history of the founding and growth of the museum itself ..." -- Inside front cover.
Color By Design
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Author : Tim Travis
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2020-12-01
Color By Design written by Tim Travis and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-01 with Design categories.
A beautifully presented survey of design and the applied arts, explored not by use, material, form, or date . . . but by color. The V&A Book of Color in Design is attractively simple: a celebration and exploration of color, as revealed through objects in the world-class collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Structured by color, it offers fascinating insights into the choices made by designers and makers from across the world and throughout history. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction that considers the history, symbolism, and use of an individual color. Objects—from items of jewelry, textiles, glassware, and ceramics to furniture and more—are reproduced in a visual selection that explores the varied hues of every color. However different objects within each section may be in their detail and meaning, they are united by their common color, revealing surprising connections between them. Throughout, narrative captions bring together disparate items from across the V&A’s collection to explore the universal significance of color in art and design. Beautifully designed, this highly visual, color-led survey of design and the applied arts is a compelling sourcebook with broad appeal for anyone interested or involved in all aspects of visual culture.
The Victoria And Albert Museum
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Author : Victoria and Albert Museum
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1998
The Victoria And Albert Museum written by Victoria and Albert Museum and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Architecture categories.
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The V A Sourcebook Of Pattern Ornament
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Author : Amelia Calver
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2021-11-09
The V A Sourcebook Of Pattern Ornament written by Amelia Calver and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-09 with Design categories.
A richly illustrated sourcebook of two-dimensional pattern and three-dimensional ornamentation, for designers everywhere and anyone interested in visual culture. This richly illustrated, easy-to-navigate sourcebook of surface pattern and three-dimensional ornamentation presents more than one thousand historic and contemporary examples from around the world, each one succinctly identified and explained. Arranged thematically, it is unique among pattern books, as it includes examples not only of surface pattern but also three-dimensional ornamentation and embellishment, from Japanese kimono and William Morris fabrics to Chinese porcelain and contemporary furniture. Creatives working today are as fascinated and inspired by pattern and ornament as they have always been and this expertly compiled selection will appeal to designers, artists, and illustrators from all disciplines as well as anyone interested in visual and material culture.
The History Of The Victoria Albert Museum
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Author : Victoria and Albert Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
The History Of The Victoria Albert Museum written by Victoria and Albert Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Travel categories.
The Cartiers
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Author : Francesca Cartier Brickell
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2019-11-26
The Cartiers written by Francesca Cartier Brickell and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“A dynamic group biography studded with design history and high-society dash . . . [This] elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark.”—The Economist The captivating story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their grandfather’s humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon—as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives “Ms. Cartier Brickell has done her grandfather proud.”—The Wall Street Journal The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s. At its heart are the three Cartier brothers whose motto was “Never copy, only create” and who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents: Louis, the visionary designer who created the first men’s wristwatch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands off the controls of his flying machine; Pierre, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace; and Jacques, the globe-trotting gemstone expert whose travels to India gave Cartier access to the world’s best rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, inspiring the celebrated Tutti Frutti jewelry. Francesca Cartier Brickell, whose great-grandfather was the youngest of the brothers, has traveled the world researching her family’s history, tracking down those connected with her ancestors and discovering long-lost pieces of the puzzle along the way. Now she reveals never-before-told dramas, romances, intrigues, betrayals, and more. The Cartiers also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the firm’s most iconic jewelry—the notoriously cursed Hope Diamond, the Romanov emeralds, the classic panther pieces—and the long line of stars from the worlds of fashion, film, and royalty who wore them, from Indian maharajas and Russian grand duchesses to Wallis Simpson, Coco Chanel, and Elizabeth Taylor. Published in the two-hundredth anniversary year of the birth of the dynasty’s founder, Louis-François Cartier, this book is a magnificent, definitive, epic social history shown through the deeply personal lens of one legendary family.
William Morris
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Author : Anna Mason
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2021-11-30
William Morris written by Anna Mason and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-30 with Art categories.
Marking the 125th anniversary of William Morris’s death, this is the most wide-ranging illustrated book about Morris ever published. William Morris’s interests were wide-ranging: he was a poet, writer, political and social activist, conservationist, and businessman, as well as a brilliant and original designer and manufacturer. This book explores the balance between Morris’s various spheres of activity, places his art in the context of its time, and examines his ongoing and far-reaching legacy. A pioneer of the Arts & Crafts Movement, William Morris (1834–1896) is one of the most influential designers of all time. Morris turned the tide of Victorian England against an increasingly industrialized manufacturing process toward a rediscovered respect for the skill of the maker. Morris’s whole approach still resonates today, and his designs are popular and much admired. Published to mark the 125th anniversary of Morris’s death, this book includes contributions from a wide range of Morris experts, with chapters on painting, church decoration and stained glass, interior decoration, furniture, tiles and tableware, wallpaper, textiles, calligraphy, and publishing. Additional materials include a contextualized chronology of Morris’s life and a list of public collections around the world where examples of Morris’s work may be seen today. This study is a wide- ranging, fully illustrated exploration of a great thinker and artist, and essential reading for anyone interested in the history of design.
The History Of The Victoria Albert Museum
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Author : Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
The History Of The Victoria Albert Museum written by Victoria and Albert Museum (London) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with categories.