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Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion Patricia C. Pongracz

Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion By Patricia C. Pongracz

Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion by Patricia C. Pongracz


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The book focuses on the unique position of Tiffany and Tiffany Studios in advancing American religious art and design.

Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion Summary

Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion by Patricia C. Pongracz

'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 Patricia C. Pongracz

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.

Table of Contents

Preface -Ena Heller, Director, MOBIA; Acknowledgments by Elizabeth De Rosa, Lindsy R. Parrott, Patricia C. Pongracz, Diane C. Wright; American Religion in the Age of the City, 1880-1915 Peter W. Williams; Louis Comfort Tiffany's Gospel of Good Taste Jennifer Perry Thalheimer; Tiffany Studios' Business of Religious Art Patricia C. Pongracz; Unimaginable Splendours of Colour: Tiffany's Opalescent Glass Lindsy R. Parrott; With Joyous Hope and Reverent Memory: The Patrons of Tiffany's Religious Art Elizabeth De Rosa; Innovation by Design: Frederick Wilson and Tiffany Studios' Stained Glass Design Diane C. Wright; Agnes Northrop: Tiffany Studios' Designer of Floral and Landscape Windows Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen; Translations in Light: The May Memorial Window at Temple Emanu-El, New York Elka Deitsch; Exhibition Checklist; Selected Bibliography; Photo Credits; Index.

Additional information

GOR012298992
9781907804021
1907804021
Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion by Patricia C. Pongracz
Used - Very Good
Hardback
D Giles Ltd
20121001
216
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