Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.

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Additional Authors

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

Description

636 pages : illustrations; 31 cm

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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Art, American > New York (State) > New York > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Art, American > New York (State) > New York > Exhibitions

Note

• Exhibition held Sept. 19, 2000 throught Jan. 7, 2001 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Sponsor's Statement / Terrence Murray -- Director's Foreword / Philippe de Montebello -- Preface and Acknowledgments / John K. Howat and Catherine Hoover Voorsanger -- Inventing the Metropolis: Civilization and Urbanity in Antebellum New York / Dell Upton -- Mapping the Venues: New York City Art Exhibitions / Carrie Rebora Barratt -- App. A. Exhibition Venues -- App. B. Exhibitions and Auctions -- 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 the 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.

ISBN

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

LCCN

00041855

OCLC

• 44131794
• ocm44131794
• SCSB-9255572

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries