Louis Comfort Tiffany Masterworks
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Book: Good
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Pages: Good
Few artists have so completely transformed the decorative arts as Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose luminous stained glass windows, iridescent lamps, and sinuous jewellery became the defining symbols of the American Art Nouveau movement. Camilla de la Bédoyère's Louis Comfort Tiffany Masterworks presents a sweeping survey of the artist's extraordinary career, tracing his journey from his origins as a painter through to his eventual mastery of glass, enamel, and metalwork, illuminating the creative genius behind some of the most celebrated decorative objects ever produced on American soil. Beyond a catalogue of beautiful objects, this volume argues for Tiffany's enduring significance as an artist who dissolved the boundaries between fine and applied art, insisting that beauty was not a luxury but a necessity of civilised life. De la Bédoyère's prose is authoritative yet accessible, grounding each masterwork within its cultural and historical moment — the gilded excess of the late 19th century, the organic forms of nature that so obsessed the Art Nouveau sensibility. Richly illustrated and meticulously researched, this is an essential volume for anyone who has ever stood before a Tiffany lamp and felt, however briefly, that light itself could be made into art.
Author: Camilla De La Bédoyère
Format: Hardback
Published: 2018, Flame Tree Publishing
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few artists have so completely transformed the decorative arts as Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose luminous stained glass windows, iridescent lamps, and sinuous jewellery became the defining symbols of the American Art Nouveau movement. Camilla de la Bédoyère's Louis Comfort Tiffany Masterworks presents a sweeping survey of the artist's extraordinary career, tracing his journey from his origins as a painter through to his eventual mastery of glass, enamel, and metalwork, illuminating the creative genius behind some of the most celebrated decorative objects ever produced on American soil. Beyond a catalogue of beautiful objects, this volume argues for Tiffany's enduring significance as an artist who dissolved the boundaries between fine and applied art, insisting that beauty was not a luxury but a necessity of civilised life. De la Bédoyère's prose is authoritative yet accessible, grounding each masterwork within its cultural and historical moment — the gilded excess of the late 19th century, the organic forms of nature that so obsessed the Art Nouveau sensibility. Richly illustrated and meticulously researched, this is an essential volume for anyone who has ever stood before a Tiffany lamp and felt, however briefly, that light itself could be made into art.