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McCormick, Heather Jane.

Vasemania : neoclassical form and ornament in Europe : selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Heather Jane McCormick, Hans Ottomeyer ; with contributions by Master's and Doctoral students of the Bard Graduate Center ; Stefanie Walker, editor.

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2004.

xi, 194 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

"When the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii were excavated in the eighteenth century, the objects found there renewed artistic interest in classicism. Neoclassical style and imagery permeated paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts of the period, and a central element of design in all these art forms was the vase." "This book focuses on the vase as an artistic and ornamental form in a variety of media. It presents and discusses almost one hundred hidden treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection - not only vases but also wine and water urns, knife boxes, ink wells, perfume burners, fabrics, carved paneling, marquetry furniture, silver, works on paper, and paintings - all using the vase motif. Vase imagery ranged from austere to fantastic to romantic, say the authors of this book, and the vase became a new paradigm of beauty as well as an icon of European neoclassicism."--BOOK JACKET.

Boulton, Matthew, 1728-1809 -- Exhibitions.

Dodin, Charles Nicolas, 1734-1803 -- Exhibitions.

Flaxman, John, 1755-1826 -- Exhibitions.

Pergolesi, Michelangelo -- Exhibitions.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 -- Exhibitions.

Storr, Paul, 1771-1844 -- Exhibitions.

Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795 -- Exhibitions.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions.

Vases -- Europe -- Exhibitions.

Neoclassicism (Art) -- Europe -- Exhibitions.

Vases in art -- Exhibitions.

Boulton, Matthew, 1728-1809.

Dodin, Charles Nicolas, 1734-1803.

Flaxman, John, 1755-1826.

Pergolesi, Michelangelo.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.

Storr, Paul, 1771-1844.

Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.

Ottomeyer, Hans.

Walker, Stephanie.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.

Neoclassical form and ornament in Europe

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center, New York, July 22-Oct. 17, 2004.

Artists include Richard Askew, Henri Auguste, François Joesph Bélanger, Carlo Bianconi, Martin-Guillaume Biennais, Louis-Simon Boizot, Matthew Boulton, Jean-Claude-Thomas Chambellan, Dominique Daguerre, Jean-Charles Delafoss, Charles-Nicholas Dodin, Jean-Démosthène Dugoure, John Flaxman, Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Genest, Jean-Jacques Lagrenée the Younger, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Jean-Laurent Legeay, Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, Jean-Guillaume Moitte, Jean-Louis Morin, James Neale, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, Michelangelo Pergolesi, Ennemond-Alexandre Petitot, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, Paul Storr, Joseph-Marie Vien, Francis Vivares, Thomas Vivares, Josiah Wedgwood, James Wyatt.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.

Collecting neoclassical decorative art at The metropolitan museum of art / Heather Jane McCormick -- The metamorphosis of the neoclassical vase / Hans Ottomeyer -- The Hamilton collection and its influence -- The vase as a template for artists and early neoclassicism -- Tradition and innovation at the royal manufactories -- Technical discoveries and the commercial marketing of the vase -- Neoclassicism and the new aesthetic in silver -- The vase as ornament in furniture and furnishings -- The vase as a design element in interiors -- Symbol to satire: the vase as icon.

Publisher description

2004107910

0300099347 (cl : alk. paper)

9780300099348 (cl : alk. paper)

0300103999

9780300103991

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