{"product_id":"sargent-whistler-and-venetian-glass-american-artists-and-the-magic-of-murano-hardcover","title":"Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheldon Barr\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eMelody Barnett Deusner\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eDiana Jocelyn Greenwold\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Venetian glass influenced American artists and patrons during the late nineteenth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass \u003c\/i\u003epresents a broad exploration of American engagement with Venice's art world in the late nineteenth century. During this time, Americans in Venice not only encountered a floating city of palaces, museums, and churches, but also countless shop windows filled with dazzling specimens of brightly colored glass. Though the Venetian island of Murano had been a leading center of glass production since the Middle Ages, productivity bloomed between 1860 and 1915. This revival coincided with Venice's popularity as a destination on the Grand Tour, and resulted in depictions of Italian glassmakers and glass objects by leading American artists. In turn, their patrons visited glass furnaces and collected museum-quality, hand-blown goblets decorated with designs of flowers, dragons, and sea creatures, as well as mosaics, lace, and other examples of Venetian skill and creativity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis lavishly illustrated book examines exquisitely crafted glass pieces alongside paintings, watercolors, and prints of the same era by American artists who found inspiration in Venice, including Thomas Moran, Maria Oakey Dewing, Robert Frederick Blum, Charles Caryl Coleman, Maurice Prendergast, and Maxfield Parrish, in addition to John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler. Italian glass had a profound influence on American art, literature, and design theory, as well as the period's ideas about gender, labor, and class relations. For artists such as Sargent and Whistler, and their patrons, glass objects were aesthetic emblems of history, beauty, and craftsmanship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the furnaces of Murano to American parlors and museums, \u003ci\u003eSargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the imaginative energy and unique creations that beckoned tourists and artists alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExhibition Schedule\u003cbr\u003eSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC\u003cbr\u003eOctober 8, 2021-May 8, 2022 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas\u003cbr\u003eJune 25-September 11, 2022\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrawford Alexander Mann III\u003c\/b\u003e is curator of prints and drawings at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. \u003cb\u003eSheldon Barr\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar of Venetian revival glass. \u003cb\u003eMelody Barnett Deusner\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of art history at Indiana University Bloomington. \u003cb\u003eDiana \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJocelyn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eGreenwold \u003c\/b\u003eis curator of American art at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. \u003cb\u003eStephanie \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMayer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHeydt\u003c\/b\u003e is the Margaret and Terry Stent Curator of American Art at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. \u003cb\u003eBrittany Emens Strupp\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral candidate in art history at Temple University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 12.3 x 9.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395340419250,"sku":"9780691222677","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9aeaa46d15eb74b34388e25c518f4584.webp?v=1777989648","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/sargent-whistler-and-venetian-glass-american-artists-and-the-magic-of-murano-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}