Bibliograph

Timeless beauty, the art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

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Timeless beauty, the art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Timeless beauty

Nature of contents

catalogs

Oclc number

946462829

Responsibility statement

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Sub title

the art of Louis Comfort Tiffany

Summary

American artist Louis Comfort Tiffany is most famous for his popular glass windows, lamps, and vases, but his contributions to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art and design were so much more. Tiffany was also a painter, photographer, interior decorator, and designer of ceramics, enamels, and jewelry. This book presents more than 200 of the artist's works from the renowned Tiffany collection of The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in chronological sequence, providing a biographical view of the man behind the famous glass

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Introduction: Louis Comfort Tiffany's life and art -- Tiffany's formative early years: 1848 to 1878 -- Leading American decorator: 1879 to 1887 -- Artistic maturity: 1888 to 1900 -- Commercial success and Laurelton Hall: 1901 to 1915 -- Quest of beauty: 1916 to 1933 -- Epilogue: 1933 to present

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