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Conundrum

Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series

By: Charissa Bremer-David

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Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series

By: Charissa Bremer-David

The whimsical imagery of four tapestries in the permanent collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum and currently on display at the Getty Center is perplexing. Created in France at the Beauvais manufactory between 1690 and 1730, these charming hangings, unlike most French tapestries of the period, appear to be purely decorative, with no narrative thread, no theological moral, and no allegorical symbolism. They belong to a series called theGrotesques, inspired by ancient frescos discovered during the excavation of the Roman emperor Nero’s Domus Aurea, or Golden House, but the origins of their mysterious subject matter have long eluded art historians. Based on seven years of research, Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series reveals for the first time that the artist responsible for these designs, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636–1699), actually incorporated dozens of motifs and vignettes from a surprising range of sources: antique statuary, Renaissance prints, Mannerist tapestry, and Baroque art, as well as contemporary seventeenth century urban festivals, court spectacle, and theater. Conundrum illustrates the most interesting of these sources alongside full-color details and overall views of the four tapestries. The book’s informative and engaging essay identifies and decodes the tapestries’ intriguing visual puzzles, enlightening our understanding and appreciation of the series’ unexpectedly rich intellectual underpinnings.

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1606064533

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French Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum

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French Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum

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Vividly illustrated, this is the first comprehensive catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s celebrated collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French silver. The collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French silver at the J. Paul Getty Museum is of exceptional quality and state of preservation. Each piece is remarkable for its beauty, inventive form, skillful execution, illustrious provenance, and the renown of its maker. This volume is the first complete study of these exquisite objects, with more than 250 color photographs bringing into focus extraordinary details such as minuscule makers’ marks, inscriptions, and heraldic armorials. The publication details the formation of the Museum’s collection of French silver, several pieces of which were selected by J. Paul Getty himself, and discusses the regulations of the historic Parisian guild of gold- and silversmiths that set quality controls and consumer protections. Comprehensive entries catalogue a total of thirty-three pieces with descriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and technical information. The related commentaries shed light on the function of these objects and the roles they played in the daily lives of their prosperous owners. The book also includes maker biographies and a full bibliography. The free online edition of this open-access publication is available at getty.edu/publications/french-silver/ and includes 360-degree views and zoomable high-resolution photography. Also available are free PDF and EPUB downloads of the book, and JPG downloads of the main catalogue images.

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1606068288

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French Tapestries and Textiles in the J. Paul Getty Museum

By: Charissa Bremer-David

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French Tapestries and Textiles in the J. Paul Getty Museum

By: Charissa Bremer-David

French Tapestries and Textiles is a survey of the Getty Museum's seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French textiles—one of the world's finest collections. Featuring twenty-five extraordinary tapestries woven at the Gobelins and Beauvais manufactories, the catalogue also highlights three carpets, two knotted-pile screens, and two sets of embroidered bed hangings, one of which is the only complete lit à la duchesse surviving from the period. Among the magnificent textiles discussed in this lavish volume are the Emperor of China tapestry series, the whimsical Story of Don Quixote, and Boucher's cycle The Story of Psyche. A gatefold in the book opens to reveal a photograph of the stately twenty-nine-foot carpet commissioned for Louis XIV's Galerie du Bord de l'Eau at the Louvre, a piece never publicly displayed in this century. Each entry includes a listing of artists and weavers, date and place of manufacture, and materials and techniques used, followed by a complete description and a condition statement. The accompanying commentary provides information on the literary, historical, and visual source of design imagery as well as the context of the textile's commission and production. In addition, each textile shown has a complete provenance, exhibition history, and bibliography. For lovers of French decorative arts and connoisseurs of textiles, this book offers a study both of the art of tapestry- and textile-making and of the aesthetic tradition exemplified by these remarkable objects.

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0892363797

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Decorative Arts

An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Revised Edition

By: Charissa Bremer-David,Peggy Fogelman,Peter Fusco,Catherine Hess

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Decorative Arts

An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Revised Edition

By: Charissa Bremer-David,Peggy Fogelman,Peter Fusco,Catherine Hess

This volume includes concise, illustrated entries on the more than 450 examples of furniture, porcelain, and silver from the Museum's collection. New to this expanded edition are sections devoted to maiolica and glass. An index of previous owners and updated bibliographies are of particular help to the scholar.

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0892362219

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Woven Gold

Tapestries of Louis XIV

By: Charissa Bremer-David

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Woven Gold

Tapestries of Louis XIV

By: Charissa Bremer-David

Meticulously woven by hand with wool, silk, and gilt-metal thread, the tapestry collection of the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, represents the highest achievements of the art form. Intended to enhance the king’s reputation by visualizing his manifest glory and to promote the kingdom’s nascent mercantile economy, the royal collection of tapestries included antique and contemporary sets that followed the designs of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including Raphael, Giulio Romano, Rubens, Vouet, and Le Brun. Ranging in date from about 1540 to 1715 and coming from weaving workshops across northern Europe, these remarkable works portray scenes from the bible, history, and mythology. As treasured textiles, the works were traditionally displayed in the royal palaces when the court was in residence and in public on special occasions and feast days. They are still little known, even in France, as they are mostly reserved for the decoration of elite state residences and ministerial offices. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition of fourteen marvelous examples of the former royal collection that will be displayed exclusively at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from December 15, 2015, to May 1, 2016. Lavishly illustrated, the volume presents for the first time in English the latest scholarship of the foremost authorities working in the field.

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1606064614

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French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes

Baroque and Régence : Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection

By: J. Paul Getty Museum,Gillian Wilson,Charissa Bremer-David,Jeffrey Weaver

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French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes

Baroque and Régence : Catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum Collection

By: J. Paul Getty Museum,Gillian Wilson,Charissa Bremer-David,Jeffrey Weaver

Each object is described and analyzed in terms of its provenance and published history, as well as its construction, materials, and conservation. With its painstaking attention to detail, this volume is the definitive catalogue of the Getty Museum's collection of French Baroque furniture and will be of interest to scholars, conservators, and all students of French decorative arts."--BOOK JACKET.

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0892368748

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Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts

English Language Edition

By: Charissa Bremer-David,Catherine Hess,Jeffrey W. Weaver,Gillian Wilson

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Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts

English Language Edition

By: Charissa Bremer-David,Catherine Hess,Jeffrey W. Weaver,Gillian Wilson

This beautifully illustrated work brings together more than one hundred objects from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of European decorative arts. Included here is a generous selection of French and Italian furniture from the mid-sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. Masterpieces by André-Charles Boulle, Bernard (II) van Risenburgh, and others reveal the virtuoso craftsmanship that makes these objects such compelling examples of the furniture maker’s art. Many of the Museum’s finest pieces of porcelain, glass, and tin-glazed earthenware are also represented. Tapestries from Gobelins and Beauvais, bronze firedogs from Fontainebleau, and a lathe-turned ivory goblet of astonishing complexity from Saxony are among the other highlights of this handsome volume.

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0892364556

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French Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum

By: Charissa Bremer-David

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Conundrum

Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series

By: Charissa Bremer-David

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Conundrum

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French Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum

French Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum

French Tapestries and Textiles in the J. Paul Getty Museum

French Tapestries and Textiles in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Decorative Arts

Decorative Arts

Woven Gold

Woven Gold

French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes

French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes

Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts

Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts

French Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum

French Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum

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