Vasemania
Subtitle: neoclassical form and ornament in Europe : selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By: Heather Jane McCormick, Hans Ottomeyer ; with contributions by master's and doctoral students of the Bard Graduate Center ; Stefanie Walker, editor.
Contributors: Ottomeyer, Hans.; Walker, Stefanie.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780300099348
Subjects: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions; Vases -- Exhibitions; Vases in art -- Exhibitions; Containers -- Exhibitions; Neoclassicism (Art) -- Europe -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: "Published for The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York."

"Held at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture from July 22 through October 17, 2004"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.
Table of contents: title: Collecting neoclassical decorative art at The metropolitan museum of art / Heather Jane McCormick; title: The metamorphosis of the neoclassical vase / Hans Ottomeyer; title: The Hamilton collection and its influence; title: The vase as a template for artists and early neoclassicism; title: Tradition and innovation at the royal manufactories; title: Technical discoveries and the commercial marketing of the vase; title: Neoclassicism and the new aesthetic in silver; title: The vase as ornament in furniture and furnishings; title: The vase as a design element in interiors; title: Symbol to satire: the vase as icon.