Art and the empire city : New York, 1825-1861

Title:

Author:

Voorsanger, Catherine Hoover, author.

ISBN:

9780870999574

9780870999581

9780300085181

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 636 page) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans, ports. ; 32 cm.

General Note:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and held there from Sept. 19, 2000 to Jan. 7, 2001.

"Checklist of the exhibition": p. [575]-598.

Maps on lining papers.

Exhibition title: Art and the empire city.

Contents:

Inventing the metropolis : civilization and urbanity in Antebellum New York / Mapping the venues : New York City art exhibitions / Private collectors and public spirit : a selective view / Selling the sublime and the beautiful : New York landscape painting and tourism / Modeling a reputation : the American sculptor and New York City / Building the empire city : architects and architecture / currency of culture : prints in New York City / palace for the sun" : early photography in New York City / "Ahead of the world" : New York City fashion / products of empire : shopping for home decorations in New York City / "Gorgeous articles of furniture" : cabinetmaking in the empire city / Empire city entrepreneurs : ceramics and glass in New York City /rAlice Cooney Frelinghuysen -- "Silver ware and great perfection" : the precious-metals trades in New York City

Subject Term:

Art, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.

Added Author:

Voorsanger, Catherine Hoover,

Howat, John K.,

Upton, Dell,

Barratt, Carrie Rebora,

Avery, Kevin J.,

Tolles, Thayer,

Heckscher, Morrison H.,

Davis, Elliot Bostwick,

Rosenheim, Jeff,