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Matières de rêves = Stuff of dreams : from the Paris Musée des arts décoratifs / Penelope Hunter-Stiebel

By:

Hunter-Stiebel, Penelope

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Portland, OR : Portland Art Museum , c2002Description: 174 p. : illus. ; 31 cmISBN:

9781883124144

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

Subject(s):

Musée des arts décoratifs (France) -- -Exhibitions

DDC classification:

REF 745.09 HUN

Summary: Matières de Rêves: Stuff of Dreams from the Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs will introduce audiences to the aesthetic potential of utilitarian objects as it reproduces and discusses over 100 astonishing objects created between the Middle Ages and the present. Each of the works selected for this catalogue surpasses all standards of tradition, craftsmanship, and utility. A latent surrealistic element links the variety of rich, elegant, elaborate, sometimes curious and always sensuous works of art. In addition, most of the objects carry with them fascinating stories about their origins, their makers, and those persons who commissioned, collected, used, or loved them.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 745.09 HUN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		046189

Matières de Rêves: Stuff of Dreams from the Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs will introduce audiences to the aesthetic potential of utilitarian objects as it reproduces and discusses over 100 astonishing objects created between the Middle Ages and the present. Each of the works selected for this catalogue surpasses all standards of tradition, craftsmanship, and utility. A latent surrealistic element links the variety of rich, elegant, elaborate, sometimes curious and always sensuous works of art. In addition, most of the objects carry with them fascinating stories about their origins, their makers, and those persons who commissioned, collected, used, or loved them.

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