Visual Dictionary of Decorative and Domestic Arts (eBook)

Gerry Wagner Crouse, Nancy Odegaard (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
182 Seiten
American Alliance of Museums (Verlag)
978-1-5381-4888-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A Visual Dictionary of Decorative and Domestic Arts provides a common and unambiguous vocabulary for the parts of handcrafted decorative, domestic, and artistic items. Terminology for a broad array of object types is presented alongside original 3D illustrations that facilitate objective referencing. The reference enhances learning, labeling, and discussing various craft items in great physical detail. Sixty-four 3D graphic illustrations provide an effective visual format for identifying the vocabulary/location of the parts on individual objects. The dictionary is divided into five major sections:Decorative Objects such as a basket, jar/jug, flatwareDomestic Furnishings such as a bed with bedding, upholstered chairs, tables Artistic Works and Tools such as books, prints, paintings, photographs, and sculptureJewelry Adornment Items such as earrings, necklaces, pins, and watchesAccessory Articles such as a hat, pipe, comb, and fanThe thoroughness of the annotations makes this volume an essential tool for museum curators and conservators, librarians, connoisseurs, buyers and dealers; artists and crafts persons, collectors, designers, registrars and anyone with an interest in visual history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.2.2023
• Reihe/Serie: American Alliance of Museums
• Zusatzinfo: 64 Illustrations including: - 64 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: art terms • Art Vocabulary • Clothing Terms • Decorative arts • Dictionaries • Domestic Furnishings
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-4888-9 / 1538148889
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-4888-4 / 9781538148884