"Gottlieb Biedermeier, a teasing middle-class papa best known for his appearances in a Munich satirical weekly, came to fame in the 1840s. A "god-loving everyman," he represented the typical German citizen, more interested in a comfortable home and a convivial family than political activism. The poets who created him, needling the bourgeoisie and signing their own work "Biedermeier," weren't thinking about the elegant housewares that now ..."
"In 1848, Gustave Herter arrived in America from Germany, fleeing political and economic chaos. His brother, Christian, joined him a decade later. By 1875 their firm, renamed Herter Brothers, was supplying the White House with furnishings, as it had been doing for some of America's wealthiest families since 1858. During this opulent period, Herter Brothers could claim to be the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the country.The ..."
"In 1848, Gustave Herter arrived in America from Germany, fleeing political and economic chaos. His brother, Christian, joined him a decade later. By 1875 their firm, renamed Herter Brothers, was supplying the White House with furnishings, as it had been doing for some of America's wealthiest families since 1858. During this opulent period, Herter Brothers could claim to be the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the country.The ..."
"A sumptuous book that examines London’s contributions to fashion over the past two centuriesFrom Savile Row to Carnaby Street, from the bohemian dress of the Oscar Wilde circle in the nineteenth century to the punk street styles of recent years, London has been a significant source of fashion style. This stunning book, a rich and stimulating history of two hundred years of London fashion, explores the circumstances and characteristics t ..."
"When the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii were excavated in the eighteenth century, the objects found there renewed artistic interest in classicism. Neoclassical style and imagery permeated paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts of the period, and a central element of design in all these art forms was the vase. This beautiful book is the first to focus on the vase as an artistic and ornamental form in a variety of ..."
"• A reference work for collectors and enthusiasts of 18th-century objets d'art • Featuring essays by leading specialists in the fields of European applied artOne hundred masterpieces of European art and arts and crafts of the eighteenth century form a panorama of innovation, design and expert realisation. In their sumptuous design, the porcelain, furniture, bronzes and silver objects are all miracles of the luxury craftsmanship found in ..."
"Gottlieb Biedermeier, a teasing middle-class papa best known for his appearances in a Munich satirical weekly, came to fame in the 1840s. A "god-loving everyman," he represented the typical German citizen, more interested in a comfortable home and a convivial family than political activism. The poets who created him, needling the bourgeoisie and signing their own work "Biedermeier," weren't thinking about the elegant housewares that now ..."
Zopf- und Biedermeiermöbel Katalog der Möbelsammlung des Münchner Stadtmuseums (German Edition) by HansOttomeyer, Eva Langenstein Hardcover, 239 Pages, Published 1991 by Prestel-Verlag アダルト ISBN-13: 978-3-7913-1082-4, ISBN: 3-7913-1082-8
"Catalogus van de Rococo- en Biedermeiermeubels in het stadsmuseum van München, met veel aandacht voor de meubelmakers uit die tijd, de vorm, constructie, soort en ontstaan van de meubels."
"A reference work for collectors and enthusiasts of 18th-century objets d'art Featuring essays by leading specialists in the fields of European applied arts One hundred masterpieces of European art and arts and crafts of the eighteenth century form a panorama of innovation, design and expert realisation. In their sumptuous design, the porcelain, furniture, bronzes and silver objects are all miracles of the luxury craftsmanship found in c ..."
"Ottomeyer, Hans , Schlapka, Axel: Biedermeier. Interieurs und Möbel. München. Wilhelm Heyne 2000. 8vo. 281 S. OPb. Einband minimal berieben, sonst gut erhaltenes Exemplar."
"As treasure troves of creativity, the homes of artists reflect the intellectual worlds of their creators. Starting with the Villa Stuck in Munich--the aesthetic, conceptual cosmos and life’s work of the aristocratic artist Franz von Stuck--this unique volume integrates the artist’s house as a category into the international discourse and is the first to assign these buildings the status of major works. About 20 examples bring to life th ..."
"Originally praised for its medicinal purposes, powdered tobacco emerged as a fashionable stimulant among Europe’s high-society during the eighteenth century. To accommodate this novel pastime, elegant ladies and gentleman of the era sought to complete their look with tabatières, or elaborately painted porcelain snuffboxes. Meissen Snuffboxes presents more than one hundred of the finest snuffboxes produced by the European por ..."
"Phänomen Makart: Künstlerkult am Beginn der Moderne Makart steht heute nicht nur für riesige Leinwände in effektvoll koloristischer Malerei, sondern auch für den Glanz einer ganzen Epoche – der Makart-Zeit. Kein österreichischer Künstler erlangte im 19. Jahrhundert eine derart herausgehobene Stellung wie der „Malerfürst“. Inbegriff des Makart-Stils ist sein Atelier: Ort der Repräsentation und Selbstinszenierung, Arbeits- und Ausstellung ..."
"Written in German Die Munchner Residenz beherbergt einen einzigartigen Bestand von historischen Mobeln, der nach Rang und Bedeutung nahezu ohne Vergleich ist. Der Erschliessung dieser wertvollsten deutschen Mobelsammlung ist ein grossangelegtes Forschungsunternehmen gewidmet."
"396 S., 350 farb. Abb. u. Taf. Gr 4° Kart.mS., *neuwertig*, Den großen Meisterwerken ganz nah Altniederländische Meisterwerke entfalten ihre ganze Pracht: Neben den Gesamtansichten zeigt dieser Band sorgfältig ausgewählte, atemberaubend schöne Detailaufnahmen dieser einzigartigen Epoche, der Wiege der europäischen Malereigeschichte. Die großen Werke von Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. und ande ..."