Art and the empire city : New York, 1825-1861 / edited by Catherine Hoover Voorsanger and John K. Howat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Art, American 19th century

Originator

Voorsanger, Catherine Hoover.
Howat, John K.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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.

Publication

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ;
New Haven : Yale University Press

Description

xvi, 636 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Notes

Exhibition held Sept. 19, 2000 through Jan. 7, 2001 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-617) and index.

ISBN

0870999575 (hc. : alk. paper)
0870999583 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Call Number

Coll. N6535.N5 A28 2000

Material Type

Exhibitions.

Places

New York (State) New York