Art museums; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Art museum visitors; Aesthetics; Duccio, di Buoninsegna, d. 1319; Gautama Buddha -- Statues -- Afghanistan -- Bamiyan Region; Sculpture, Buddhist -- Afghanistan -- Bamiyan Region; Taliban; Master Engelram;...
Summary: The director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art speaks at the Clark. The title of his talk is, "Museums: Why Should We Care?"
Contents: Introduction by Michael Conforti (ca. 11 mins.) -- Philippe de Montebello presentation (ca. 49...
At head of title: Botanical fine art weekly. Index to plates of flowers in Wild Flowers of America is contained in Volume 1., No. 18. This volume (Volume 1, No. 1) contains plates 1-16.
Jesus Christ;Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint;Prints, German -- 15th century;Prints, German -- 16th century;Buildings;Trees;Grass (plant material);Weeds;Lakes;Babies;Virgin and child;Fences;Monkeys;Landscapes
Through Shen-Kan is the account of a 1908-09 expedition to the Shensi and Kansu provinces of northern China. The expedition was funded by Robert Sterling Clark, one of the heirs to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Clark was joined by the...
"3 heliolithogravure (crude photolitho) plates of microscopic photographs ... by The Orcutt Co., Chicago. The heliolithogravures are an odd and not very attractive procedure."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 120
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Portraits; George, Saint, d. 303; Diogenes, d. ca. 323 B.C; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 -- Portraits; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge; Raphael (Archangel);...
Includes "28 Heliotype illustrations from a number of methods, each designed to highlight various applications of the process...This book was prepared in conjunction with Osgood's display at the Centennial in Philadelphia. All of the plates are...
Fujian Sheng (China); National Lead Company; Savage Arms Company; Scientific expeditions -- China; China -- Description and travel; Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts; Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 --...
Letter from Harry R. Caldwell to Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China, and forwarded to Sterling Clark in which Caldwell describes a proposed scientific collecting trip to Fukien Province in August, a description of ammunition and guns (National Lead...
China--Politics and government--1912-1928; Mammals -- China -- Classification; Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts; Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts; Manchuria (China); Sichuan...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby apologizes for not writing in a while. He updates Clark on the political situation, noting that the Nationalists have been successful and the assassination of...
Jacquard, Joseph-Marie, 1752-1834; Abbās I, Shah of Iran, 1571-1629; Rugs, Oriental
Author's armorial book-plate reproduced on t.-p. Ornamental lining-papers. Each colored plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [387]-401. Allegory.--Contemporary arts.--Carpets, runners and...
Embroidery; Tapestry; Textile fabrics; Lace and lace making; Wallpaper; Decoration and ornament
"This limited edition has been printed from type and the type distributed." "The material presented in the present volume constituted, for the most part, a series of articles which appeared in Good furniture magazine during the years 1915, 1916,...
Alphabets; Initials ; Illumination of books and manuscripts
Illustrated title page in colors; Ornamental borders; Bibliographical foot-notes; "The art of illuminating: what it was,--what it should be,--and how it may be practiced. By M. Digby Wyatt, architect." pages 1-96; "Exhibited: Gothic Revival and...
At head of title: Botanical fine art weekly. Index to plates of flowers in Wild Flowers of America is contained in Volume 1., No. 18. This volume (Volume 1, No. 2) contains plates 17-32.
