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Title	Art and the empire city : New York, 1825-1861 / edited by Catherine Hoover Voorsanger and John K. Howat
Publisher	New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000

LOCATION	CALL NO.	STATUS
MEMORIAL LVL 4 LOWER	N6535.N5 A28 2000	AVAILABLE

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Description	xvi, 636 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm
Summary	"This volume is illustrated in color and black and white, providing reproductions of the more than three hundred works in the exhibition as well as comparative material. A checklist of works in the exhibition, a bibliography, and an index are included."--BOOK JACKET
Note	Exhibition held Sept. 19, 2000 through Jan. 7, 2001 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bibliog.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-617) and index
Alt Author	Voorsanger, Catherine Hoover
	Howat, John K
	Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Subject	Art, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions
	Art, American -- 19th century -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions
ISBN	0870999575
	0870999583
OCLC #	44131794

	Sponsor's Statement / Terrence Murray
	Director's Foreword / Philippe de Montebello
	Lenders to the Exhibition
	Preface and Acknowledgments / John K. Howat
	Contributors to the Catalogue
	Note to the Reader
	Inventing the Metropolis: Civilization and Urbanity in Antebellum New York / Dell Upton	3
	Mapping the Venues: New York City Art Exhibitions / Carrie Rebora Barratt	47
App. A	Exhibition Venues	66
App. B	Exhibitions and Auctions	75
	Private Collectors and Public Spirit: A Selective View / John K. Howat	83
	Selling the Sublime and the Beautiful: New York Landscape Painting and Tourism / Kevin J. Avery	109
	Modeling a Reputation: The American Sculptor and New York City / Thayer Tolles	135
	Building the Empire City: Architects and Architecture / Morrison H. Heckscher	169
	The Currency of Culture: Prints in New York City / Elliot Bostwick Davis	189
	"A Palace for the Sun": Early Photography in New York City / Jeff L. Rosenheim	227
	"Ahead of the World": New York City Fashion / Caroline Rennolds Milbank	243
	The Products of Empire: Shopping for Home Decorations in New York City / Amelia Peck	259
	"Gorgeous Articles of Furniture": Cabinetmaking in the Empire City / Catherine Hoover Voorsanger	287
	Empire City Entrepreneurs: Ceramics and Glass in New York City / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen	327
	"Silver Ware in Great Perfection": The Precious-Metals Trades in New York City / Deborah Dependahl Waters	355
	Checklist of the Exhibition	575
	Bibliography	599
	Index	618
	Photograph Credits	636