| Highlight: Decorative Arts of the Kings |
7th Anniversary
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The unparalleled opulence of the courts of Kings Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI are embodied in the exquisitely crafted objects they commissioned. As part of their three-year partnership with the Musee de Louvre, the High examines the private lives......
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| Highlight: Events at Colonial Williamsburg, VA |
7th Anniversary
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February 4-8, 2007: 59th Annual Antiques Forum; March 15-17, 2007: The Williamsburg Playhouse of 1760 and the World of 18th-Century Theater...
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| Highlight: John Singer Sargent -- Figures and Landscapes, 1874-1882 |
7th Anniversary
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This is the fourth in the planned eight-volume Complete Paintings of John Singer Sargent, a project supported by Adelson Galleries in New York. This volume focuses on Sargent's groundbreaking work in landscapes and figures during the eight year period......
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| Highlight: Modernism in American Silver -- 20th-Century Design |
7th Anniversary
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During the nineteenth century, the American silverware industry became the largest in the world. By the 1930s, however, less expensive alternatives such as chromium-plated metal and aluminum had become increasingly popular. Faced with a shrinking......
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| Highlight: Picasso to Pop -- Aspects of Modern Art |
7th Anniversary
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Beginning with a Picasso drawing of a head dated 1906, Picasso to Pop charts the Wadsworth's history of acquiring works by twentieth-century innovators. Experimental works by George Grosz, Paul Klee, Georges Roualt, and Wyndham Lewis represent the......
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| Highlight: The Target Collection of American Photography -- A Century in Pictures |
7th Anniversary
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Features ninety works produced from 1877 to 1998 by such celebrated photographers as Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, and Dorothea Lange. These photographs provides insight into the ways artists documented the visual world during the......
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| Highlight: Winterthur Events |
7th Anniversary
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Furniture Forum: March 1-2, 2007; Special One-Day Conference: March 31, 2007; Ceramics Conference: April 27-28, 2007...
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| Highlight: Winterthur Events |
7th Anniversary
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Furniture Forum: March 1-2, 2007; Special One-Day Conference: March 31, 2007; Ceramics Conference: April 27-28, 2007...
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| Inspired by China: Traditional Furniture and Contemporary Inspiration |
7th Anniversary
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A fizzy explosion of red wire isn't what comes to most people's minds when they see a piece of seventeenth-century Chinese furniture, but that's how contemporary designer Gord Peteran responded to an ornate cloisonne incense stand from the Song dynasty......
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| John Singer Sargent and His American Contempotraries in Venice |
7th Anniversary
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Born to American parents in Florence, Italy, in 1856, John Singer Sargent spent his youth traveling through Europe with his family. From 1874 to 1885 he lived in Paris, receiving formal training in fine art and forming friendships with artists from.......
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