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050	0	0	_aNK5198.T5 _bD86 1992
100	1		_aDuncan, Alastair, _d1942- _91227
245	1	0	_aLouis Comfort Tiffany / _cAlastair Duncan.
260			_aNew York : _bH.N. Abrams in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, _cc1992.
300			_a157 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c32 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
490	1		_aLibrary of American art.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 150-151) and index.
505	0		_aI. The Early Careers: Painting and Interior Design -- II. The Windows and Mosaics -- III. The Industrial Arts -- IV. The Later Years and the Pursuit of a Legacy.
520			_aLouis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), whose name is synonymous with brilliantly colored stained glass, with Art Nouveau and with the Gilded Age, is one of the masters of American decorative arts. His research in the chemistry of glass enabled him to produce the famed Favrile iridescent glassware. He collaborated with the jewelers at Tiffany & Company, his father's renowned store, to create precious objets d'art, and he created unique and lavish architectural projects. This.
520			_aNew volume in the Abrams Library of American Art examines Tiffany's life and career, from his beginnings as a painter influenced by the Hudson River School to his spectacular and innovative designs for the homes of America's magnates and luminaries (including Mark Twain's house in Connecticut). Alastair Duncan, a leading authority on Tiffany, presents the artist in context. In an illuminating essay and in commentaries on the artworks, he explores the artist's background.
520			_aAnd upbringing in the world of upper-class New York society, his decision to become a painter, his fascination with the sinuous natural forms of Art Nouveau, and his relationship with the other leading artists and designers of his era. Tiffany's ecclesiastical and secular windows are examined in depth and pictured in lush color, as are many of his most elaborate and beautiful lampshades, vases, and smaller objects. Important works in private collections, rarely or never.
520			_aBefore pictured, are reproduced here. Tiffany's achievement was immense and far-reaching. He was the first to propose nonreligious subject matter for church windows, the first to mass-produce finely made glassware and leaded glass for the general public. In many ways Tiffany exemplified the bold, experimental creative style of America in the Gilded Age. With its fine reproduction and detailed commentary, this volume fully reveals Tiffany the artist. It is enhanced by a.
520			_aChronology, selected bibliography, and full index.
590			_aBGCFOLIO.
600	1	0	_aTiffany, Louis Comfort, _d1848-1933. _91229
650		0	_aGlassware _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century. _93331
650		0	_aGlassware _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _93332
650		0	_aGlassworkers _zUnited States _xBiography. _93333
700	1		_aTiffany, Louis Comfort, _d1848-1933. _91229
830		0	_aLibrary of American art (Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) _93334
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