America's Collection: The Art and Architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State

Hart, Virginia B; Brophy, Bri; Borwn, Laaren; Davis, Elliot Bostwich; Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney; Greenberg, Allan; Hewitt, Mark A; Kerry, John; Kirtley, Alexandra Alevizatos; Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin; Rubenstein, David M; Saylor, Durston; Schiff, Stacy; Vaughan, Carolyn; Waters, Deborah Dependahl; White, Bruce; Yablonski-Hickey, Janice

ISBN 10: 0847873277 / ISBN 13: 9780847873272

Published by Rizzoli Electa, New York, 2023

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Quqrto. Hardcover in grey cloth clamshell case with grey cloth boards and illustrated jacket. 351 pages : black and white illustrations, color illustrations, color photographs ; 32 x 24 cm. "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these negotiations have taken place in the rarified environment of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State. Tucked inside the modern Truman Building in the center of Washington, D.C., lies this special suite of rooms transformed by four renowned architects--gems of classical architecture brimming with exceptional American art and artifacts that tell the story of the nation's founding and represent the singular ideals of the American character. Housing one of the finest collections in the world, along with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Winterthur, these rooms display more than 5,000 objects, including paintings by John Singleton Copley and Gilbert Stuart; silver and porcelain owned by George Washington and other presidents; fine furniture; maps and documents; prints and drawings, not to mention the very desk the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War was signed on. With all-new photography and essays, this book captures the history of the rooms and explores more than 150 examples of the extraordinary American art that animates the exquisite spaces" --.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: America's Collection: The Art and Architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State
• Publisher: Rizzoli Electa, New York
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847873277
• ISBN 13: 9780847873272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As new.
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Art
  • General Art - American

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Synopsis

The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department s Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict, in the rarified environment of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State. Tucked inside the modern Truman Building in the center of Washington, D.C., lies this special suite of rooms transformed in 1961 by renowned architect Allan Greenberg gems of classical architecture brimming with exceptional American art and artifacts that tell the story of the nation s founding and represent the singular ideals of the American character. Housing one of the finest collections in the world, second only to the Metropolitan Museum and Winterthur, the 42 well-appointed rooms display more than 5,000 objects, including paintings by John Singleton Copley and Gilbert Stuart; silver and porcelain owned by George Washington and other presidents; fine furniture; maps and documents; prints and drawings, not to mention the very desk on which the Treaty of Paris was signed. New photography and scholarly essays capture the history of the rooms and explore in depth more than 175 examples of the extraordinary American art that animates the exquisite spaces.

About the Author

Bri Brophy is deputy chief curator and Virginia Hart is director and curator of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms. Allan Greenberg is an architect and author. Mark Alan Hewitt is an architect and architectural historian. John F. Kerry is U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, and former U.S. Secretary of State. Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning author.