Victoria and Albert Museum

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Most widely held works about Victoria and Albert Museum

Art Nouveau : 1890-1914( Book )
Four hundred years of fashion by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )
A grand design : the art of the Victoria and Albert Museum by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )
Illuminated manuscripts and their makers by Rowan Watson( Book )
The Victoria & Albert Museum by Michael Darby( Book )

Islamic arts from Spain by Mariam Rosser-Owen( Book )
Fashion in detail : from the 17th and 18th centuries by Avril Hart( Book )
The power of the poster by Margaret Timmers( Book )
Re-thinking Renaissance objects : design, function, and meaning by Peta Motture( )
The Victoria & Albert Museum's textile collection : embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750 by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )
Jewels and jewelry by Clare Phillips( Book )
Impressions of the 20th century : fine art prints from the V & A Collection by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )
Travels in South Kensington by Moncure Daniel Conway( Book )
Chinese ceramics : porcelain of the Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 by Rose Kerr( Book )
British watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum : an illustrated summary catalogue of the national collection by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )
Chihuly DVD collection( Visual )
Medieval and Renaissance stained glass in the Victoria and Albert Museum by Paul Williamson( Book )
The Victoria and Albert Museum, the history of its building by John Frederick Physick( Book )
Western furniture : 1350 to the present day in the Victoria and Albert Museum by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )
Kaffe Fassett's museum quilts : designs inspired by the Victoria & Albert Museum by Kaffe Fassett( Book )

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Most widely held works by Victoria and Albert Museum

Art deco 1910-1939 by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )

17 editions published between 2003 and 2015 in English and held by 1,331 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An overview of the Art Deco period that covers the 1925 Paris exhibition that was its launching pad; the style's sources, iconography, and spread around the world; and its expression in such areas as architecture, fashion, ceramics, typography, and consumer products; and includes 450 illustrations

American art, 1750-1800 : towards independence by Charles F Montgomery( Book )

10 editions published between 1975 and 1982 in English and held by 1,252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Morris by William Morris( Book )

17 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 931 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Om den engelske kunsthåndværker og forfatter (1834-96) og hans møbler, kakler, tapeter, stoffer m.m

The Golden age of British photography, 1839-1900 : photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, with selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle, the Royal Photographic Society, Bath, Science Museum, London, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh by Victoria and Albert Museum (London)( Book )

11 editions published in 1984 in English and Undetermined and held by 873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Modernism : designing a new world, 1914-1939 by Christopher Wilk( Book )

19 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and German and held by 829 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The first book to explore Modernism from a truly international perspective, Modernism: designing a new world offers a reassessment of the concept and reveals the fundamental ways in which it has shaped our world and its visual culture. Modernism flourished between 1914 and 1939, and became a key point of reference for 20th-century architecture, art, and design. This important, lavishly illustrated book demonstrates the movement's continued influence, on everything from the chairs we sit on to the buildings we occupy. The range of objects illustrated-including the fine arts as well as architecture, furniture, manufactured products, film, and graphic design-reflect the period's emphasis on the unity of the arts. Key artists and designers include Mondrian, Le Corbusier, Bourke-White, Eisenstein, and Breuer, along with lesser-known figures from around the globe

Surreal things : Surrealism and design by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )

18 editions published in 2007 in English and Dutch and held by 784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Surrealism, one of the influential movements of the 20th century, had a profound impact on all forms of culture. Containing over 350 illustrations, this book examines its impact in the wider fields of design and the decorative arts and its sometimes uneasy relationship with the commercial world

Dress in detail from around the world by Rosemary Crill( Book )

16 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in English and held by 764 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Necklines - Fastenings - Cuffs, edgings and seams - Contrasting fabrics, linings and pockets - Pleats and gathers - Applied decoration

Photography, an independent art : photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum 1839-1996 by Mark Haworth-Booth( Book )

4 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 700 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In providing a comprehensive introduction to this particular collection, the author also provides "a general history of photography from its beginnings as a scientific curiosity, through its international commercialization, to its coming of age as an art form in its own right."--Jacket

Chinese art by Stephen W Bushell( Book )

60 editions published between 1905 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 693 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book covers Chinese architecture, sculpture, bronze and porcelain; and offers a panorama of Chinese arts and civilization until 1911

Pugin : a Gothic passion by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin( Book )

11 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 671 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shoes by Lucy Johnston( Book )

15 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in English and held by 669 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"From very long pointed toes in the Middle Ages to exotic creations of the 1990s, the story of footwear is a lively and evocative reflection of styles, fashions and moments in history. In Henry VIII's time, for example, exaggerated shapes and wide toes mirrored the aggressive social climate, while engravings of Queen Victoria showed impossibly narrow slippers in pursuit of nineteenth-century ideals of daintiness." "Engravings, paintings and advertisements help to tell the story, and the specially commissioned photography reveals the glorious colours and styles in stunning detail."--Jacket

The art of death : visual culture in the English death ritual, c. 1500-c. 1800 by Nigel Llewellyn( Book )

7 editions published between 1991 and 1997 in English and held by 661 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

How did our ancestors die? Whereas in our own day the subject of death is usually avoided, in pre-Industrial England the rituals and processes of death were present and immediate. People not only surrounded themselves with memento mori, they also sought to keep alive memories of those who had gone before. This continual confrontation with death was enhanced by a rich culture of visual artifacts. In The Art of Death, Nigel Llewellyn explores the meanings behind an astonishing range of these artifacts, and describes the attitudes and practices which lay behind their production and use. Illustrated and explained in this book are an array of little-known objects and images such as death's head spoons, jewels and swords, mourning-rings and fans, wax effigies, church monuments, Dance of Death prints, funeral invitations and ephemera, as well as works by well-known artists, including Holbein, Hogarth and Blake.-from publisher

The Toshiba Gallery : Japanese art and design by Ian Thomas( Book )

18 editions published between 1986 and 2009 in English and held by 658 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Offering an overview of Japanese art, this work presents a collection of Japan's achievements in art and design, with emphasis on ceramics, lacquer, textiles, prints and metalwork. First published in 1986, Japanese Art and Design has established itself as the seminal introduction to Japanese artifacts. The text, which is clear and informative, covers 16 areas including Buddhist images, Tea ceramics, Netsuke, Dress and Woodblock prints. Objects are set in their social context - why they were made and for whom they were made are questions addressed by the authors. Heavily illustrated, mainly with full page plates

A guide to early photographic processes by Brian Coe( Book )

3 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 642 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book offers to the general reader and the specialist a guide to the major photographic processes from 1840 to 1914"--Dust jacket

Postmodernism : style and subversion, 1970-1990 by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )

9 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 640 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The radical ideas associated with postmodernism swept through the arts in the 1970s, but have always been hard to summarise. This book presents the movement as not merely an aesthetic vocabulary, but also as a subversive attitude - a new way of looking at the world

Bags by Claire Wilcox( Book )

7 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in English and held by 639 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Items from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection illustrate the history of handbags

Karl Friedrich Schinkel : a universal man by Karl Friedrich Schinkel( Book )

11 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and held by 614 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Looking at European sculpture : a guide to technical terms by Jane Bassett( Book )

6 editions published between 1997 and 2007 in English and held by 605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book offers definitions of the techniques, processes, and materials used in the production of postclassical European sculpture. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer are presented in an easily portable format." "With numerous illustrations drawn from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum - most of them in color - this volume will be indispensable to all readers wishing to increase their enjoyment and understanding of European sculpture."--Jacket

Design & the decorative arts : Britain, 1500-1900 by Michael Snodin( Book )

6 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 593 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This book tells the story of design and the decorative arts in Britain over 400 from the Tudors to the reign of Queen Victoria. It is the story of a remarkable transformation that embraced the decorative arts in all their rich diversity, from furniture to fabrics and from prints to porcelain. In 1500, at the end of the Middle Ages, Britain played a peripheral role in the affairs of Europe. It was beautiful things created in the workshops of Venice and Florence, of Antwerp and Paris that were coveted throughout western Europe, not those made in London or Edinburgh. The range of high-design objects made in Britain was limited. British craftspeople lacked skills and there was heavy dependence on the expertise of foreigners. Four centuries later, in the reign of Queen Victoria, all this had changed. Britain had become the workshop of the world. Its queen ruled an empire that embraced a fifth of the earth's land surface and a quarter of its people. London was rivalled only by Paris as a focus for international interest in design and the decorative arts. By the nineteenth century, British design was widely admired and copied. Its products could be found right across the globe, from palaces and stately homes to the living rooms of ordinary people." "The book is divided into three sections, each dealing with a different stage in this great transformation: Tudor and Stuart, 1500-1714; Georgian, 1714-1837; Victorian, 1837-1901. These sections explore design and the decorative arts from a number of points of view. They examine style, the question of how things looked. They ask who led taste - who decided what was to be considered beautiful, fashionable and desirable. They look at how fashionable things - from household goods to clothing - were used in daily life. They ask what was new, examining new products and the impact of innovation on design. Together, the chapters provide a fascinating picture of four centuries that saw Britain's international artistic reputation transformed from one of relative obscurity to widespread acclaim." "Written by Michael Snodin and John Styles of the Victoria and Albert Museum, with additional contributions from other leading experts, the publication celebrates the opening of the Museum's new British Galleries 1500-1900. It draws on the V & A's unequalled resources for the study of design and the decorative arts. Nearly 1,000 colour illustrations are drawn principally from the Museum's world-renowned collections."--Jacket

International arts and crafts by Victoria and Albert Museum( Book )

4 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This study traces the complexity of the Arts and Crafts Movement through the decades and across the globe. Written by experts in each field, it interweaves the general with the particular: the overarching ideology and its various strands with the ways in which it manifested itself in different regions and cultural traditions. Lavishly illustrated, extensively researched and published to coincide with a major exhibition at the V & A in London, this book presents a compelling reassessment of the Arts and Crafts Movement, an invaluable visual record of an ever-popular era of design."--Jacket

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