Contributions

  • Nouvel, Odile. - Contributor
  • Portland Art Museum (Or.) - Contributor
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. - Contributor
  • Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.) - Contributor

Publication

2002 - Portland Art Museum, Portland, Or., Oregon

Language

English

Word Count

43,500 words, Guess

Page Count

174 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10188312414X
  • ISBN-139781883124144
  • Goodreads1621223
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001135885
  • OCLC Control Number49751767
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC745/.0944/07444361
  • LCCNK947 .H86 2002

Alternate Titles

  • Stuff of dreams

Description

"Matieres de Reves: Stuff of Dreams from the Paris Musee des Arts Decoratifs 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

ExhibitionsDecorative artsMusée des arts décoratifs (France)Decorative arts -- France -- ExhibitionsDecorative arts -- France -- Paris -- ExhibitionsMusée des arts décoratifs (France) -- Exhibitions

Places

Genres

  • Exhibitions

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