Art and the Empire City: New York, 1825-1861

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1/1/2000. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Light spotting to page ends. Shelf wear. Edges slightly sunned. Clean, unmarked pages. xvi, 636 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. Contents: Inventing the metropolis : civilization and urbanity in antebellum New York / Dell Upton --Mapping the venues : New York City art exhibitions / Carrie Rebora Barratt --Private collectors and public spirit : a selective view / John K. Howat --Selling the sublime and the beautiful : New York landscape painting and tourism / Kevin J. Avery --Modeling a reputation : the American sculptor and New York City / Thayer Tolles --Building the empire city : architects and architecture / Morrison H. Heckscher --The currency of culture : prints in New York city / Elliot Bostwick Davis --"A palace for the sun" : early photography in New York City / Jeff L. Rosenheim --"Ahead of th world" : New York city fashion / Caroline Rennolds Milbank --The products of empire : shopping for home decorations in New York City / Amelia Peck --"Gorgeous articles of furniture" : cabinetmaking in the empire city / Catherine Hoover Voorsanger --Empire city entrepreneurs : ceramics and glass in New York City / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen --"Silver ware in great perfection" : the precious metals trades in New York City / Deborah Dependahl Waters.