The Robert Lehman Collection - Hardcover

Lanmon, Dwight P. / Robert Lehman Collection (Metropolitan Museum Of Art)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870996789 ISBN 13: 9780870996788

Publisher: New York, N.Y : Princeton, N.J. : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Princeton Univers, 1993

Synopsis

Among the exquisite pieces of glass in this catalog are 15th-, 16th-, and 17th-century Venetian pieces and glass la facon de Venisefrom northern Europe; 18th-century lampwork miniature figures, many of them installed in elaborate tableaux; reverse painted panels from 16th-century Northern Italy, and ancient Roman and Islamic glass, seen in 382 duotone and 97 color photographs. This book is part of a series of beautifully produced and illustrated volumes examining in depth the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Tanitim Bulteninden)

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About the Author

Dwight P. Lanmon, a student and collector of Pueblo pottery, is research associate at the School of Advanced Research and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe. He is director emeritus of the Winterthur Museum and former director of the Corning Museum of Glass.

Dr David Whitehouse is a scientist and journalist. He is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a regular broadcaster on science-related matters for the BBC and Sky News. Asteroid 4036 Whitehouse is named after him. Follow him on Twitter: @dr_david_w

Edition details

• Publisher: New York, N.Y : Princeton, N.J. : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Princeton Univers
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870996789
• ISBN 13: 9780870996788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 342