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In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement
1986rif. 26045New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1986. 1st. Hardcover. As New/As New. 12.3x10.0x1.5in. Dust jacket in clear protector. This monumental work is the first book to consider fully the Aesthetic movement of the 1870s and 1880s in the United States in the light of its British precedents and its affinities with Gothic oriental and classical art. Published to coincide with the major loan exhibition "In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement" held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York October 23 1986 to January 11 1987 which comprised some 175 objects including furniture metalwork stained glass ceramics textiles wallpaper painting and sculpture the catalogue is arranged thematically to illustrate both the major styles of a visually rich movement and the ideas that generated its diversity. Contains twelve richly illustrated essays by nine scholars in the fields of American art and American studies and an extensive dictionary of architects artisans artists and manufacturers. With 426 illustrations 94 color plates. 511pp 6.38lb 12.3x10.0x1.5in EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY The Metropolitan Museum of Art hardcover
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