The Magazine Antiques articles from December 2001

The Magazine Antiques archives from December 2001

A new home for folk art in New York. (Current and Coming).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Allison Eckardt Ledes Founding a museum specifically devoted to American folk art was a novel and somewhat outlandish idea when a few passionate enthusiasts established the Museum of American Folk Art in a small town house in New York City...

American neoclassicism. (Current and Coming).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... When, in the early nineteenth century, cabinetmakers such as Honore Lannuier working in American cities described their furniture as "of the newest fashion," they were using a marketing strategy. They were specifically referring to the most...

Modern living. (Current and Coming).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... For years Americans have been preoccupied with finding ways to simplify their lives. Most recently men have abandoned suits and ties for more casual dress, women seek speedy ways to prepare meals, and everyday dining with sterling silver and...

Museum accessions.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... In July ground was broken in Winchester, Virginia, for the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, a new regional museum that will interpret three centuries of Shenandoah Valley history. Designed by Michael Graves, the museum will be located on the...

Dutch rococo. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... A new style succeeded the baroque in European architecture and decorative arts at the end of the seventeenth century. Its arrival coincided with the reign of Louis XV in France, and its name, rococo, is derived from the synthesis of the French...

British art season. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The art season in British museums and galleries opened in September and continues until February 2002. It includes artworks from the sixteenth century to the present. The World City gallery at the Museum of London opens on December 8. Among the...

The symbolism of blood. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... As a symbol, blood carries many emotional, social, and cultural meanings. In some cultures, such as the Maya, the spilling of human blood was the ultimate human sacrifice. In the Christian tradition the blood of Jesus symbolizes the washing...

Marble mania. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Used throughout the Mediterranean world for thousands of years, marble grew in popularity in England in the seventeenth century, reaching a peak at the close of the eighteenth. During these centuries scores of collectors who saw themselves as...

Handel House Museum. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... George Frideric Handel was one of many Germans attracted to London during the early years of Hanoverian rule. It was an easy decision for him to move since he was the director of music for the elector of Hanover, who became George I in 1714....

Calendar.
December 1, 2001... The arts here and abroad--a compendium of exhibitions, symposiums, and lectures Arizona PHOENIX Phoenix Art Museum: "Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace"; to April 7, 2002. (*) California...

Remarkable, unspeakable New York!(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... New York City's image in literature reveals that, more than any other American city, it embodies the American dream of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The city is both fact and symbol, and writers have variously viewed its...

London furniture 1966 - 1714.
December 1, 2001... Earlier this year a rather tired English walnut writing cabinet of about 1700 was sold for thirty thousand pounds at a provincial auction (Pls. II and IV). (1) This was not a huge price, but most writing cabinets of this type fetch half that...

Images of Christ In Nineteenth-Century British Paintings In The Forbes Magazine Collection.
December 1, 2001... Religious imagery fascinated nineteenth-century British artists to a degree not seen since Henry VIII's split with Rome. Both the Old and New Testaments provided inspiration for many painters showing their work in the annual summer exhibition...

Living with antiques.
December 1, 2001... It is highly unusual for a building erected in the mid-twentieth century to be placed on the National Register of Historic. Places, but Shirley Hall a remarkable colonial revival house in Virginia, was be slowed that honor in 1999. Situated on...

Teaching Success Through Play: American Board And Table Games, 1840-1900.
December 1, 2001... In 1843 W. and S. B. Ives of Boston introduced Mansion of Happiness (see Pl. IV), one of the first board games published in the United States. The goal of the game was to be the first player to reach the "Mansion of Happiness," or heaven, by...

The portal of Saint Bartholomew's Church in New York City.
December 1, 2001... The entrance to Saint Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue between Fiftieth and Fifty-first Streets in New York City is through an elegant portal with three sets of bronze doors. Commissioned by the Vanderbilt family, designed by the celebrated...

Calendar of Shows.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The Magazine ANTIQUES December 2001 Calendar of Shows November 30-December 4. New York, NY. THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAN FINE ART FAIR, at Madison Square Garden. Hours: 11-7 daily, tickets: $15. Fair information: tel 330-665-2272,...

Design notes.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Associated Artists The remarkable social reformer and interior designer Candace Wheeler is the subject of an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City through January 6, 2002 (see The Magazine ANTIQUES for...