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Publisher
University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"'The problem of the house is a problem of the epoch,' declared the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier; architecture, he felt, should focus on everyday life and produce housing that is 'made for living in.' In The Problem of the House, Alex Anderson explores a group of like-minded designers in France, the architects-decorateurs, who also committed themselves to designing and equipping the modern house. Most began as decorative artists, interior designers,...
5) Salvaging the past: Georges Hoentschel and French decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the life, professional activities, artistic production and collecting practices of Georges Hoentschel through the objects he collected and created. Essays by the editors, joined by Amy F. Ogata, associate professor at Bard Graduate Center and Christine E. Brennan, senior research associate in Medieval Art as the Metropolitan Museum, address his biography, business contacts, and clients, as well as the arrival of the collection...
Publisher
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The dazzling splendors of the court of Napoleon I (1769-1821) reflected the grandeur and ambitions of the greatest empire of the day. This luxurious volume re-creates the ambiance and captures the spirit that prevailed in the French court during the empire through the material manifestations of the Imperial Household. The imperial household, a key institution during Napoleon's reign, was responsible for the daily lives of the imperial family. It consisted...