Color into life
Subtitle: Hittorff's laves émaillées, 1834-1841
By: Michael Kiene and David van Zanten
Contributors: Van Zanten, David, 1943-; Hittorff, Jacques Ignace, 1792-1867
Series: Schriften der Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln -- [26]; Inventar der Zeichnungen von Jakob Ignaz Hittorff in der Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln -- 7; Schriften der Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln -- 26.
Publisher: Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Cologne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9783931596958
Subjects: Catalogs; Painted enamel; Artists' preparatory studies; Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln
Other titles: Alben von Jakob Ignaz Hittorff; Alben von Jakob Ignaz Hittorff :
Notes: Inventory catalog.

Includes 1 errata slip for incorrect series numbering. Book has: "Schriften der Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln ; 27."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English; summaries in English, Italian and German.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements -- Indications for readers -- Abbreviations; title: Hittorff and lave emaillee  -- David Van Zanten; title: Furnishing Paris --; title: Entering Paris --; title: Paris as a permanent exposition universelle --; title: Notes --; title: Painted with fire : Bee-eaters, butterflies and Eros on the table  -- Michael Kiene; title: "Art industriel" --; title: Inventors and invention of painted and glazed pumice slabs --; title: The decision-makers of enameled lava in Paris --; title: Lave émaillée and politics --; title: Color in classical and modern art --; title: National connotations --; title: Promotion and patronage patterns --; title: Social life and music lovers --; title: Modern sumptuousness, private splendor and the fine arts --; title: Notes --; title: Inventory : The Hittorff estate --; title: The watermarks --; title: The paper --; title: Altar frontals --; title: Mosaics --; title: Clocks --; title: Tabletops --; title: Eros tables --; title: The table of the famous women of France or "Gothic Table" --; title: Four Seasons Table --; title: Table with ornaments --; title: Tables of ancient and modern monuments --; title: Table with birds and butterflies --; title: Panels --; title: Pompeian style --; title: Gift to the manufactory in Sèvres --; title: Heating devices --; title: Chimneys --; title: Cockle stoves --; title: Notes ---- Documents-- Works Cited-- Summaries-- Index.