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  DECORATIVE ARTS CENTER OF OHIO
It is a statewide organization that fosters knowledge, enjoyment, and appreciation of the decorative arts and celebrates the architecture and heritage of the Reese-Peters House.
Before modern day designers and decorators were part of the mainstream, Russel Wright’s table ware, serving pieces and furniture were found in homes across the U.S. Living with Good Design will trace the development of Wright’s career as the creator of a new American way of living in the mid 20th century.
Any and all art works with a sense of design fall under the decorative arts and are the wonderful things that we live with and look at every day.
www.decartsohio.org   (445 words)

  
 Corcoran - College of Art + Design [MA in History of Decorative Arts]
For this very reason, the field of decorative arts history is enormously exciting: the significant objects that demand attention offer extraordinary opportunities for graduate students to contribute to and define a bourgeoning field of scholarship.
Traditionally, study of the decorative arts has been dominated by matters of connoisseurship, material production, and provenance, all of which are rightly integral to the subject.
The MA in the History of Decorative Arts is awarded upon completion of 48 credits with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and successful completion of the Masters Examination or Thesis.
www.corcoran.edu /prospective/degrees_ma_decorativearts.asp   (4700 words)

  
 Decorative Arts - Guides to Hallmarks, Marks, Makers and Companies: A Selected List of References (Library of Congress)
Decorative arts fall somewhere between the fine arts and technology, although aspects of these two fields cross over and intermingle.
The various categories which make up the field of decorative arts are diverse in form and function, have varying histories, and have been pursued with varying degrees of enthusiasm by collectors and connoisseurs for the past several hundred years.
So, within the large field of decorative arts there are many categories--each with its own unique history and practices of preparation and markings.
www.loc.gov /rr/main/gopher/decorat.html   (4930 words)

  
 Decorative Arts, Collections, Museums, Visual Arts, Performing Arts at World Wide Arts Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
South Carolina’s largest fine art museum, emphasizes a broad spectrum of European and American fine and decorative art dating from the 14th century to the present in the permanent collection.
The Lithuanian Art Museum is one of the largest cultural institutions in the Republic collecting, preserving, documenting, studying and interpreting national and foreign art.
The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art at the Clark Center was founded in 1995 to collect, conserve, study, and exhibit the paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts of Japan.
www.wwar.com /categories/Museums/Collections/Decorative_Arts   (1176 words)

  
 Decorative Arts Museum
The Arkansas Arts Center, the state's largest cultural institution, is a museum of art and an active center for the visual and performing arts.
Art Center Museum in a Greek Revival mansion with house tours, sampler exhibition, classes, gift shop Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in Lancaster is tourist destination...
Houston Museum of Decorative Arts, antique glass and ceramics, Chattanooga TN The Houston Museum.
www.1st-home-decorating.com /146/decorative-arts-museum.html   (379 words)

  
 Decorative arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Architect and the Decorative Arts decorative arts.
decorative arts Art forms that have a mainly practical or ornamental purpose are often called decorative arts decorative arts.
The Decorative Arts Collection is made up of beautiful objects that were made to be admired or used decorative arts.
www.paydesign.com /decorative-arts.html   (289 words)

  
 DECORATIVE ARTS
GAUDÍ AND ART NOUVEAU IN CATALONIA / Decorative Arts
The role of decorative arts was essential in the development of Art Nouveau in Catalonia and the collaboration between architects and craftsmen helped that evolution.
Decoration was obviously essential in the finishing of Art Nouveau buildings and was carefully developed by architects together with a lot of high quality designer and craftsmen as Francesc Vidal, Joan Busquets and Gaspar Homar.
www.gaudiallgaudi.com /AD001.htm   (1291 words)

  
 Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
London's history, society and art are represented in Collage, an image database of 20,000 works (prints, drawings, paintings and watercolors) from the Guildhall Library and Guildhall Art Gallery of London.
Expositions of industrial arts began on a national level in the 18th century and expanded to international scope in the 19th century.
Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History provides several illustrated "special topics" relating to material culture in their Arts of the Americas section.
decorativearts.library.wisc.edu /images.html   (1309 words)

  
 On the Surface: Late 19th Century Decorative Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Decoration focused on the surface with rich and elegant patterns adorning furniture, objects of every sort, and architectural and interior decorations.
Art and good taste not only denoted good character, but also could be used to induce proper moral conduct and actions.
The emphasis was on art and on the development of a refined sensibility.
www.tfaoi.com /aa/2aa/2aa509.htm   (1258 words)

  
 MLK: Art Division: French Decorative Arts: Resource Guide: Part 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Decorative Art From the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
It includes a bibliography that is divided by country, see France and Belgium; also, look under the various decorative arts categories-- lighting, bronzes, clocks, and curtains...
French Furniture Makers: The Art of the Ebeniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution.
www.dclibrary.org /guides/french-decor-2.html   (374 words)

  
 Faux Finish and Faux Finishing Classes, The faux painting, faux finish Web site.  Decorate your house with custom ...
We are dedicated in presenting and teaching the highest level of course material in a professional and qualified manner.
The workshops at VALERIE SKEMP Decorative Arts Studio are intensive and designed so that subsequent workshops build on the techniques and knowledge of the previous LEVEL I.
Valerie is pleased to see the growing interest in the study of decorative arts.
www.valerieskemp.com   (304 words)

  
 Carnegie Museum celebrates decorative arts - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"It works on many different levels," says Sarah Nichols, the museum's chief curator and curator of decorative arts, about the exhibition's title, because "a lot of the things in the show are going to be very familiar to people in the sense that you know it's a chair, or you know it's a chest.
The exhibition celebrates the golden anniversary of the museum's decorative arts department with a splendid display of more than 100 objects acquired since 1953, when the department was established with a $75,000 grant intended for acquisitions from the Sarah Scaife Foundation.
But even though it offers a good overview of the museum's 10,000-plus piece decorative arts collection, Nichols says, the particular pieces in this exhibition are not intended to be seen as the highlights of the collection.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_163996.html   (892 words)

  
 The Decorative Arts
Our subject is that great body of art, by means of which men have at all times more or less striven to beautify the familiar matters of everyday life: a wide subject, a great industry; but a great part of the history of the world, and a most instrument to the study of that history.
for there is the decoration, or some pretence of it, and it has, or ought to have, a use and a meaning.
Now if the objection be made, that these arts have been the handmaids of luxury, of tyranny, and of superstition, I must needs say that it is true in a sense; they have been so used, as many other excellent things have been.
www.burrows.com /dec.html   (520 words)

  
 Sculpture and Decorative Arts Curator (Getty Press Release)
She will assume her new post in the fall of 2004, overseeing the newly combined departments of sculpture and decorative arts, with responsibility for creating an integrated, cohesive approach to building and exhibiting the Getty's holdings of sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts.
Under her leadership, the department of sculpture and works of art and the department of decorative arts, previously separate entities, will be combined to develop a more unified approach to collecting and presenting works from both areas.
She is a member of the College Art Association, the Association of Art Museum Curators, the Association of Mid–West Art Historians, the Society for Renaissance Studies, the Garden History Society, Preservation Wayne, and Pewabic Pottery, and she was on the editorial board of The Sculpture Journal (London; 1995–2000).
www.getty.edu /news/press/center/newcurator_04.html   (961 words)

  
 Decorative arts. Furniture and textiles. Wright's designs.
Decorative arts encompasses all of those things that are both beautiful and useful from furniture to decorative objects.
The important thing to remember about a collection is that it represents something you love, whether it is fine silver or miniature perfume bottles, and should be displayed together for maximum impact either hanging on a wall or in display cabinets, with proper lighting.
By the end of the 18th century styles reflect the move to classical revival using elements from classical architecture and decorative swags, rosettes, medalions and flora.
www.american-luxury.com /decorative_arts.html   (482 words)

  
 The Bard Graduate Center: Journal
The Bard Graduate Center publishes a semiannual, interdisciplinary journal, Studies in the Decorative Arts, devoted to the examination and interpretation of the decorative arts and design.
As a bridge between the academic, museum, and commercial art worlds, Studies in the Decorative Arts publishes new scholarship on the full range of the decorative arts and design without restriction as to medium, cultural environment, historical era, or geographical region.
Contributions are welcome from scholars and specialists in the history of the decorative arts, design, and related fields.
www.bgc.bard.edu /academic/journal.shtml   (190 words)

  
 The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
During a visit to the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, guests will enjoy seeing the "Public Hospital" exhibition area on the south side of the building.
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum is temporarily closed, and the folk art collection is moving to a new building adjacent to the DeWitt Wallace Museum.
These antiques and artworks were initially acquired as furnishings for the houses and shops in the Historic Area, but as the collection grew it became recognized as a remarkable record of material achievement in eighteenth-century Britain and her American colonies.
www.history.org /history/museums/dewitt_gallery.cfm   (337 words)

  
 The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: American Decorative Arts
Link to resources related to the Metropolitan's permanent collection and special exhibitions, including the Timeline of Art History and a Virtual Reality tour of period rooms in The American Wing.
Browse a trove of American art reproductions—from jewelry and scarves to sculpture and books.
Copyright © 2000–2006 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
www.metmuseum.org /collections/department.asp?dep=1   (107 words)

  
 Antique Posters, Vintage Poster Art, Decorative Arts - Colletti Gallery
With one of the world's finest collections of antique posters and decorative arts, the Colletti Gallery showcases masterworks from the late nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries.
The vintage poster, a product of the Machine Age and created as advertisement art for the streets, is an excellent choice for collectors who are looking for a strong artwork that brings with it a sense of history and drama.
In addition to their expansive collection of pristine posters, Colletti offers the finest examples of period decorative arts and furnishings from the Belle Époque to the Art Deco periods.
www.collettigallery.com /home.html   (423 words)

  
 Decorative Arts | Musée du Louvre
The Department of Decorative Arts presents a highly varied range of objects, including jewelry, tapestries, ivories, bronzes, ceramics, and furniture.
The Louvre collection of Renaissance decorative arts offers visitors an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian innovations, and to their diffusion and assimilation in other European countries.
Explore the history of art and civilizations in the sections In-Depth Studies and A Closer Look.
www.louvre.fr /llv/oeuvres/detail_departement.jsp;jsessionid=CfpShwzPnRlp0hwdvjpGwhl1hGK7rllCJd1fYJNVxrhJrKz40SnL!-1039948299?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395181114&CURRENT_LLV_DEP%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395181114&FOLDER%3C%3EbrowsePath=1408474395181114&CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673229908&bmUID=1121951442644&bmLocale=en   (176 words)

  
 Interior Design School, Definitive School of Decorative Arts
Definitive School of Decorative Arts, founded in California with a move to Houston in 1983, has been in existence as a Institue for over thirty-five years.
Definitive has a building and education facility that was architecturally designed and built to rival or surpass any independent decorative art Institute, any franchise-royalty-paying or any Institute professing exclusivity of product, or any manufacturer's College in the United States.
Definitive is believed to be the only institute of sufficient success as to own a complete "paint department store" providing the largest collection of faux and decorative art mediums from a wide range of domestic and foreign manufactures creating specifically for faux professionals and the decorative arts.
www.definitivefaux.com   (383 words)

  
 SGMT - Decorative Arts
The Decorative Arts Collection is made up of beautiful objects that were made to be admired or used.
The Decorative Arts Collection includes pottery from local factories such as Rockingham and Pinxton as well as examples from Worcester, Derby, Wedgwood and Leeds.
There are some beautiful Dutch pieces commemorating the Restoration, apothecary jars once used by pharmacists and a 17th century slipware (decorative lead glazed earthenware) collection.
www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk /coresite/html/decorative.asp   (268 words)

  
 Home Decorating help via the internet,advice,projects,articles.
Simply because I honestly believe everyone should be able to afford help with the most expensive investment they will most likely ever make.
Decorating projects for Childrens rooms * Decorating for Spring * Decorating for Teens and Pre-teens
Decorating from the Heart Decorating with animal prints * Decorating with Sheets * Decor for a Spare Bedroom Decorating Childrens Rooms * Dumpster Diving Fall Decorating Trends * Faux Stone Decorating * Furniture Arranging * Garden Art
www.decorativeartsbyjep.com   (738 words)

  
 Decorative Arts Museums
The Decorative Arts collection is particularly strong in the areas of Early American, 19th century and 20th century objects, with an emphasis on Frank Lloyd Wright's works.
An introduction to the Museum's collection of Decorative Arts, which boasts an impressive array of objects from a myriad of cultures.
This site features a wonderful introduction to the Decorative Arts collection at the National Gallery, but perhaps the most interesting aspect is the "selected tours" on a trio of topics.
interiordec.miningco.com /od/museums   (470 words)

  
 Decorative Arts Collectors
Whether you are a seasoned collector or simply have an interest in the history of design, membership in the Decorative Arts Collectors offers a unique opportunity: the chance to become an informed connoisseur of furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, and textiles while also making a lasting contribution to the Speed’s outstanding decorative arts collection.
The Decorative Arts Collectors’ activities and acquisitions span a wide range of time periods and materials.
Regardless of the subject, every event will sharpen the eye and provide unique insights into the history of the decorative arts.
www.speedmuseum.org /decorative_arts_collectors.html   (346 words)

  
 Juck Lowe Decorative Arts Directory
Vase is hand-blown of clear crystal with intercalary decoration of pink and purple powders and random bubbles with two hot-applied blobs on the shoulders.
The vase was mouth-blown of clear cased crystal with intercalary decorations of yellow, orange and fl.
At just over 20" in diameter and 6" high, this is the largest and heaviest single piece of Daum cameo I have ever seen,, it must weigh 5 or 6 kilos easy.
www.trocadero.com /juck/catalog20.html   (748 words)

  
 Martra Decorative Arts - home
Our main areas of interest are art deco and susie cooper
furniture: quality furnishings from arts and crafts and art deco through to the 1970s
decor: period pieces for the interior of your home.
www.martra.co.uk   (105 words)

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