The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886

Discusses the eight exhibitions held by the French Impressionist artists and examines the history of the artistic movement

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Univ of Washington Pr

Describes the Wagner collection of ancient Mexican murals

Feathered Serpents and Flowering Trees: Reconstructing the Murals at Teotihuacan

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

From Library Journal\nTo mark the centenary in 1986 of the first eight major impressionist group shows, an exhibition was held in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., that contained works from the shows. What also resulted from the curators' extensive research were these two volumes recording the objects exhibited in, and the critical reactions and comments regarding, those eight shows. The first book contains all the reviews in their original languages, along with small reproductions of the works discussed. The second offers a list of the works exhibited, with illustrations and cross references to the reviews in the companion volume. Together these form a definitive record of a pivotal period in the history of modern art as well as a fine example of scholarly research and documentation. Of great use to all art and large general collections.?Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib., New York 
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The New Painting Impressionism 1874-1886: Documentation

The outstanding legacy of the Russian goldsmith and jeweler Carl Faberge has captured the public's imagination for many years. During his lifetime, Faberge's exquisitely made jewelry and fantastically extravagant objets d'art brought him patronage from the world's most affluent people, including royalty - and throughout this century his work has been avidly collected. Faberge in America is the first book dedicated to the works that have been amassed by American collectors. More than just an assembly of objects and names, it places the social history of American collecting against the backdrop of the nation's ongoing fascination with imperial Russia. Spanning almost a century of collecting, the book combines biographical accounts of the most important American Faberge clients and collectors with exceptional photographs of the treasures. Following a brief background history of the House of Faberge, the first section of the book is devoted to the period before World War I and the objects acquired by Americans in St. Petersburg and London during Faberge's lifetime. The second part covers the years between 1930 and 1950 when, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, members of the royal family and Russian aristocrats brought Faberge treasures to America. It was during this period that the first great American collections were formed, including those of Matilda Geddings Gray, India Early Minshall, Lillian Thomas Pratt, and Marjorie Merriweather Post. A final section looks at the collections formed between 1950 and the present day, with particular emphasis on Malcolm S. Forbes, who built up what is undoubtedly the biggest and most impressive Faberge collection in the world. Published to accompany a traveling exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and commemorating the 150th anniversary of the jeweler's birth, Faberge in America provides both a spectacular survey of some of the most beautiful and intriguing objects ever created and an unrivaled history of art collecting in America.

Faberge in America

Von Habsburg, Geza

Geza Von Habsburg-Lothringen

David Parks Curry

Fabergé (Firm)

New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Thames&Hudson

Describes the influence of the war and Picasso's life in occupied Paris on the subjects and themes of his painting of the period

Picasso and the War Years: 1937-1945

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Baer, Brigitte

California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Rosenblum, Robert

PICASSO, Pablo

Individual Artists

Fifteen hundred years ago, Teotihuacan was one of the world's greatest cities. Some 200,000 people lived in this Mexican metropolis, with its massive public buildings, grid plan of streets and imposing murals and sculpture. Its trading empire dominated much of ancient Mexico. Then, in the 8th century, came a mysterious collapse. Even knowledge of the original name was lost: Teotihuacan, "City of the Gods", was a title bestowed by the Aztecs six hundred years later. Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, this volume brings together for the first time the fruits of researches that are at last unveiling Teotihuacan. Over a dozen distinguished scholars examine every aspect of the city's culture, from its role as an urban centre, its religion and writing system, to its imposing pyramid-temples and superlative art. A splendid array of rarely seen masterpieces, from jewellery, greenstone masks and elegant blackware to figurines and elaborate wall paintings, provides visual proof of the magnificence of Teotihuacan's culture.

Teotihuacan: Art from the City of the Gods

The Andean Mountains are home to a rich heritage of textile design and weaving. In particular, cloth has traditionally been the most significant art form and cultural vehicle of the Aymara and Quechua peoples. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, this book features eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century indigenous textiles woven by the Aymara and Quechua. The elaborately patterned pieces are all drawn from the previously unpublished Jeffrey Appleby Collection and include everyday and ceremonial textiles of all types: ponchos, skirts, belts, hats, and slings. The accompanying essays by Lynn Ann Meisch, Amy Oakland Rodman, Ed Franquemont, and Margot Blum Schevill address such topics as the long history of fibers, dyes, imagery, and textile use in the region; and the effects of urbanization and westernization on traditional Andean weaving.

Traditional Textiles of the Andes: Life and Cloth in the Highlands

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

M.H. De Young Memorial Museum

Crafts & Hobbies

Mudpuppy's I Heart Art Activity Journal, inspired by the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, is filled with guided activities to draw, color, and design. Explore the museums' masterworks and unleash your creativity while at home or on the go! • 64 full-color pages • Trim: 7 x 8.75 in. (17.8 x 22 cm) • Ages 6 and up

I Heart Art Activity Journal

Children's Books

Mudpuppy

Activities, Crafts & Games

Gift note is only damage, Indians from the heart of Mexico, Full page color photos of all areas of art, fashion, culture, history. Extra Postage for Priority or International

Art of the Huichol Indians

History

Berrin, Kathleen

Bean, Lowell J.

Americas

The catalogue of an exhibition from the State Art Collections of Dresden, German Democratic Republic at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, June 1 - September 4, 1978, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 21, 1978 - January 13, 1979, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, February 19 - May 26, 1979. 628 objects are described, 34 in color and many in black and white.

The Splendor of Dresden: Five Centuries of Art Collecting

Metropolitan

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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