Louis Comfort Tiffany

widower, and he decided to hire New York artist and decorator Louis Comfort Tiffany to redecorate the staterooms and apartments in the White House in 1882 When he commissioned Tiffany, his job started with redoing the staterooms, which Arthur said looked charmless. Tiffany went on to redo the state dining room the east room, blue room, red room, and the entrance hall. In the entrance hall was one of the most impressive pieces of Tiffany work. It was an opalescent floor-to-ceiling glass screen; this

U.S. 69th New York Infantry, Tiffany Silver Flagstaff Presentation Band. Whenever the nation prepared for war there was a period of military retrenchment, units were broken up, reorganized, consolidated, or disbanded. During these periods of mobilization, large numbers of new regiments were created and older units consolidated or disbanded. The changes in the technology of warfare produced new types of units to replace the old ones. As a result, soldiers were often tasked with serving in a regiment

Neoclassicism”). One particular piece of art that drew upon my attention was the leaded glass window of the Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn created by Louis Comfort Tiffany, an American artist and designer of the 19th century (“The Charles Hosmer”). The window was created based upon the original painting of the Aurora by Will H. Low, a muralist designer for Tiffany (“Biography”). The Aurora is influenced by the roots of western civilization by visual characteristics such as her contrapposto stance. I believe

Museum Visit: The Ella Sharp Museum Though I very deeply wanted to attend the either the Kelsey Museum of Archeology or the Natural History Museum in Ann Arbor, I unfortunately was not able to make the trip to either of these fine museums. I was however able to visit the wonder Ella Sharp Museum right here in Jackson. I was skeptical that I would find anything related to the ancient history era or anything else that we had studied at class, I did happen to stumble upon a stunning pair of stained

Precious Metal; 5944 Jewelry Stores Founded in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has long been renowned for its luxury goods, especially jewelry, and has sought to market itself as an arbiter of taste and style. Tiffany designs, manufactures, and sells jewelry, watches, and crystal glassware. It also sells other timepieces, sterling silverware, china, stationery, fragrances, and accessories. Many of these products are sold under the Tiffany name, at Tiffany stores throughout the world as well as through direct-mail

Introduction to Art Nouveau The "Art Nouveau" ("new art") movement was one of the first departures from classical art and design, towards a new modernism. The 'Modernism' and Art Nouveau movements occurred during what was known in France as the "Belle Époque," or "beautiful era" period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement was primarily influenced by the radical work of Czech (Moravian) artist Alfons Mucha, Swiss decorative artist Eugène Grasset, and English illustrator Aubrey

Zimmerli Art Museum: In the Zimmerli Art Museum, I found the largest piece to be the Homage to Coco by Melvin Edwards in 1970. This piece really spoke to me as I felt it conveyed the core of figures, I felt that it described the way society takes everything for granted as the raw look of the chains and whatnot highlighted this. It reminded me of the well known “C’est ne pas un pipe”, similar to the homage to coco it emphasizes that not everything is at simple as it seems or looks the way it really

How Globalization Affects Luxury Goods Industry? Andy Warhol, a pioneer in the visual art movement once said: “Whenever people and civilizations get degenerate and materialistic, they always point at the outward beauty and riches and say that if what they were doing was bad, they wouldn’t being doing so well, being so rich and beautiful” (Warhol, 1975). Throughout history, luxury emerged as early as civilization did. For old Romans, the concept of luxury was a “disruptive power of desire”. They

TITLE Getaway Escapade : Winter Park, Orlando LEAD PARAGRAPH When we talk about Orlando, it’s easy to picture Disney World, Universal Studios, Busch Garden and many other amusement parks. But really, Orlando is more than just about amusement parks. While the party scene at Downtown Orlando and watching the Broadway shows at DR Phillips Center for The Performing Arts happen to be something you have to experience at night, make sure to put Winter Park on your itinerary list to visit during the daytime

Wisconsin-Madison, a M.F.A. in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design, & honorary doctorates from the University of Puget Sound & the Rhode Island School of Design. Chihuly is a very experienced artist to say the least. He was awarded a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant for work in glass and studied in Italy at the Venini glass factory on a Fulbright Fellowship. This museum holds over three decades of Chihuly’s finest work. All of his work is very eye catching and mesmerizing. His pieces also