Title & Author:

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 ; New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2000.

Description:

xvi, 636 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Exhibition held Sept. 19, 2000 through Jan. 7, 2001 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Catalogue of an exhibition held Sept. 19, 2000-Jan. 7, 2001 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-617) and index.
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.
Dust jacket.

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."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0870999575 (hc. ; alk. paper)
9780870999574 (hc. ; alk. paper)
0870999583 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780870999581 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0300085184
9780300085181

Subject:

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Art, American New York (State) New York 19th century Exhibitions.
Art américain New York (État) New York 19e siècle Expositions.
Art, American.
Kunst
Sociale geschiedenis.
Art Etats-Unis New York (State) New York 19e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Art, American New York (State) New York. Exhibitions.
Art, Modern 19th century New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Architecture New York (State) New York
New York (State) New York.
New York, NY
New York (N.Y.) dans l'art Expositions.
New York <NY,2000>
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.

Form/genre:

Ausstellung New York (NY) 2000.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Ausstellungskatalog Metropolitan Museum of Art 19.09.2000-07.01.2001 New York, NY.
Konferenzschrift.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Ausstellung.
New York (NY, 2000)

Added entries:

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

Holdings:

Location: Library main 213450
Call No.: N6535.N5 A28 2000
Status: Available