American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1588393577
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1588393577
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dale T. Johnson
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0870995979
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Cincinnati Art Museum
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 0300115806
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Diminutive marvels of artistry and fine craftsmanship, portrait miniatures reveal a wealth of information within their small frames. They can tell tales of cultural history and biography, of people and their passions, of evolving tastes in jewelry, fashion, hairstyles, and the decorative arts. Unlike many other genres, miniatures have a tradition in which amateurs and professionals have operated in parallel and women artists have flourished as professionals. This richly illustrated book presents approximately 180 portrait miniatures selected from the holdings of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in North America. The book stresses the continuity of stylistic tradition across Europe and America as well as the vitality of the portrait miniature format through more than four centuries. A detailed catalogue entry, as well as a concise artist biography, appears for each object. Essays examine various aspects of miniature painting, of the depiction of costume in miniatures, and of the allied art of hair work.
Author: Cory Korkow
Publisher: Giles
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781907804236
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A sumptuously illustrated new catalog on British portrait miniatures, all from the world-renowned collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Author: Wes Siegrist
Publisher: Wes Siegrist
Published: 2010-10-15
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 0982127839
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lori Zabar
Publisher: Schocken
Published: 2022-05-03
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0805243399
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The fascinating, mouthwatering story (with ten recipes!) of the immigrant family that created a New York gastronomic legend: “The most rambunctious and chaotic of all delicatessens, with one foot in the Old World and the other in the vanguard of every fast-breaking food move in the city" (Nora Ephron, best-selling author and award-winning screenwriter). When Louis and Lilly Zabar rented a counter in a dairy store on 80th Street and Broadway in 1934 to sell smoked fish, they could not have imagined that their store would eventually occupy half a city block and become a beloved mecca for quality food of all kinds. A passion for perfection, a keen business sense, cutthroat competitive instincts, and devotion to their customers led four generations of Zabars to create the Upper West Side shrine to the cheese, fish, meat, produce, baked goods, and prepared products that heralded the twentieth-century revolution in food production and consumption. Lori Zabar—Louis’s granddaughter—begins with her grandfather’s escape from Ukraine in 1921, following a pogrom in which several family members were killed. She describes Zabar’s gradual expansion, Louis’s untimely death in 1950, and the passing of the torch to Saul, Stanley, and partner Murray Klein, who raised competitive pricing to an art form and added top-tier houseware and appliances. She paints a delectable portrait of Zabar’s as it is today—the intoxicating aromas, the crowds, the devoted staff—and shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes of the long-time employees, family members, eccentric customers, and celebrity fans who have created a uniquely American institution that honors its immigrant roots, revels in its New York history, and is relentless in its devotion to the art and science of selling gourmet food.