Description
'Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion' is the first volume to explore the vast assortment of church decorations and memorials produced by Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933) and the Tiffany Studios. For over 50 years Tiffany oversaw the production and marketing of a multitude of decorative elements for numerous chapels, churches and synagogues, afforded by the late 19th century American boom in religious building. Although an important part of the ecclesiastical business consisted of the vibrantly coloured leaded-glass windows most famously associated with his name, Tiffany was interested in the bigger picture and employed designers, draftsmen, and craftspeople to produce a complete interior design, including mosaics, windows, floors,lighting, furniture, altarpieces, pulpits, candlesticks, headstones and mausolea, vestments and jewellery. This beautifully illustrated volume includes preliminary designs, cartoons, watercolour sketches and archival photographs designs and products, many never published before. In numerous cases these are the only surviving remnants of buildings which have long since been demolished.
About the Author
Elka Deitsch is the senior curator, Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum of Judaica, Temple Emanu-El in New York City. Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen is Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Lindsy Parrott currently serves as the director/curator at The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in New York. She is the co-author with Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen of 'Louis Comfort Tiffany: Nature by Design' (2009). Patricia C. Pongracz is the director of curatorial affairs at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) New York. Elizabeth De Rosa teaches at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Program, and curated the exhibition 'Tiffany: Behind the Glass' (2001) at the Neustadt Collection, New York. Jennifer Perry Thalheimer is curator and collection manager at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida. Peter W. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and American Studies, Department of Comparative Religion, Miami University, and co-editor of 'Encyclopedia of Religion in America' (2010). Diane C. Wright is a senior fellow in the American Decorative Arts Department at the Yale University Art Gallery. She is the author of numerous research papers on Tiffany Studios.
Book Information
ISBN 9781907804021
Author Patricia C. Pongracz
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint D Giles Ltd
Publisher D Giles Ltd
About the Author
Elka Deitsch is the senior curator, Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum of Judaica, Temple Emanu-El in New York City. Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen is Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Lindsy Parrott currently serves as the director/curator at The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in New York. She is the co-author with Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen of 'Louis Comfort Tiffany: Nature by Design' (2009). Patricia C. Pongracz is the director of curatorial affairs at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) New York. Elizabeth De Rosa teaches at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Program, and curated the exhibition 'Tiffany: Behind the Glass' (2001) at the Neustadt Collection, New York. Jennifer Perry Thalheimer is curator and collection manager at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida. Peter W. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and American Studies, Department of Comparative Religion, Miami University, and co-editor of 'Encyclopedia of Religion in America' (2010). Diane C. Wright is a senior fellow in the American Decorative Arts Department at the Yale University Art Gallery. She is the author of numerous research papers on Tiffany Studios.
Book Information
ISBN 9781907804021
Author Patricia C. Pongracz
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint D Giles Ltd
Publisher D Giles Ltd
