Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts
1997
128 pages
PDF file size: 42.6 MB
Description
This beautifully illustrated work brings together more than one hundred objects from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of European decorative arts. Included here is a generous selection of French and Italian furniture from the mid-sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. Masterpieces by André-Charles Boulle, Bernard (II) van Risenburgh, and others reveal the virtuoso craftsmanship that makes these objects such compelling examples of the furniture maker�s art. Many of the Museum’s finest pieces of porcelain, glass, and tin-glazed earthenware are also represented. Tapestries from Gobelins and Beauvais, bronze firedogs from Fontainebleau, and a lathe-turned ivory goblet of astonishing complexity from Saxony are among the other highlights of this handsome volume.
Table of Contents
- Director’s Foreword
- Decorative Arts
- Index of Artists, Makers, and Manufactories
Additional Languages
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Spanish