Byrdcliffe : an American arts and crafts colony /
"Byrdcliffe was, and remains, a place of haunting beauty. One hundred years ago, it was established as an Arts and Crafts colony in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. Craftsmen, writers, and musicians came, lured by the atmosphere of creativity amid like-minded people. Furniture, pottery, pai...
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University,
2004
Ithaca, N.Y. : Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 2004 Ithaca, N.Y. : 2004 |
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Table of Contents:
- Byrdcliffe's history / Tom Wolf
- The reality of beauty : Ralph Whitehead and the seeds of a utopia in John Ruskin, William Morris, and Victorian England
- Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead, cofounder of the Byrdcliffe Art School / Heidi Nasstrom Evans
- Byrdcliffe furniture : imagination versus reality / Robert Edwards
- Art at Byrd cliffe / Tom Wolf
- Purely for pleasure : ceramics at Byrdcliffe / Ellen Paul Denker
- Nature and artifice in the architecture of Byrdcliffe / Cheryl Robertson
- Works in the exhibition / Nancy E. Green and Tom Wolf
- Cast of characters / Nancy E. Green
- Exhibition itinerary
- Lenders to the exhibition
- Preface / Nancy E. Green
- Introduction / Nancy E. Green
- Byrdcliffe's history / Tom Wolf
- The reality of beauty / Nancy E. Green
- Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead / Heidi Nasstrom Evans
- Byrdcliffe furniture / Robert Edwards
- Art at Byrdcliffe / Tom Wolf
- Purely for pleasure / Ellen Paul Denker
- Nature and artifice in the architecture of Byrdcliffe / Cheryl Robertson
- Works in the exhibition / Nancy E. Green and Tom Wolf
- Cast of characters / Nancy E. Green
- Preface / Nancy E. Green
- Introduction / Nancy E. Green
- Byrdcliffe's history / Tom Wolf
- The reality of beauty : Ralph Whitehead and the seeds of a utopia in John Ruskin, William Morris, and Victorian England / Nancy E. Green
- Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead : cofounder of the Byrdcliffe Art School / Heidi Nassstrom Evans
- Byrdcliffe furniture : imagination versus reality / Robert Edwards
- Art at Byrdcliffe / Tom Wolf
- Purely for pleasure : ceramics at Byrdcliffe / Ellen Paul Denker
- Nature and artifice in the architecture of Byrdcliffe / Cheryl Robertson
- Works in the exhibition / Nancy E. Green and Tom Wolf
- Cast of characters / Nancy E. Green
- Preface / Nancy E. Green
- Introduction / Nancy E. Green
- Byrdcliffe's history / Tom Wolf
- The reality of beauty : Ralph Whitehead and the seeds of a utopia in John Ruskin, William Morris, and Victorian England / Nancy E. Green
- Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead : cofounder of the Byrdcliffe Art School / Heidi Nassstrom Evans
- Byrdcliffe furniture : imagination versus reality / Robert Edwards
- Art at Byrdcliffe / Tom Wolf
- Purely for pleasure : ceramics at Byrdcliffe / Ellen Paul Denker
- Nature and artifice in the architecture of Byrdcliffe / Cheryl Robertson
- Works in the exhibition / Nancy E. Green and Tom Wolf
- Cast of characters / Nancy E. Green