Examples from the FAMSF's collection of tapestries which is one of the most important and varied in the country.

Five Centuries of Tapestry: From the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bennett, Anna Gray

Antiques & Collectibles

Museums Stores

Soft cover catalog titled MAC HARSHBERGER: Art Deco American.

Mac Harshberger: Art Deco Americain

Book by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Rupert Garcia: Prints and Posters, 1967-1990 / Rupert Garcia : Grabados Y Afiches, 1967-1990 (English and Spanish Edition)

Arts & Photography

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

Individual Artists

Almost every well-known painter and sculptor has created at least one book with original illustrations since the late 19th century. Publishers have engaged the imaginations of the finest writers, designers, printers and artists -- among them Picasso, Malevich, Kandinsky, Kokoschka and Matisse -- to collaborate on the creation of the vibrant publications created here in six sections: the evolution of the modern book in the decades before and after 1900; the momentum of Modernism in the twenties; the key role of Picasso; the influences of Dada, Surrealism, the Second World War and its aftermath; the shift of cultural power to the United States; and the new trends of the contemporary era.

Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books

Stein, Donna

JOHNSON, Robert Flynn

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Beautifully illustrated in color. Catalog for a traveling exhibition. 160p. Includes a bibliography of visual culture studies. Measures 8x10 inches.

Visual Culture As History: American Accents Masterworks from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Cornell, Daniell

Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico

Considered the mother culture of Mesoamerica, the Olmec developed an iconic and sophisticated artistic style as early as the second millennium B.C. This pre-Columbian civilization, which flourished in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco between 1400 and 400 B.C., is best known for the creation of colossal stone portrait heads of its rulers. Some weighing up to 24 tons, the monumental heads are among ancient Americas most striking and beautiful masterpieces. In the fifteen years since the last major study of the Olmec, archaeologists have made significant finds at key sites in Mexico. This sweeping project brings together the most recent scholarship, along with a diverse selection of more than 100 monuments, sculptures, adornments, masks, and vessels, many of which have never traveled beyond Mexicos borders, that paint a rich portrait of life in the most important Olmec centers, including San Lorenzo, La Venta, and Tres Zapotes. Particular attention is paid to the emergence of the culture, distinctive variations in the art of different city sites, and the chronology and reach of the society during its apex. Centering on the concept of discovery, this wide-ranging volume presents a fresh look at Olmec civilization, recapturing the excitement that greeted the unearthing of the first colossal stone head in 1862.

History & Criticism

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