Exhibition of Tiffany Glass to Open at The Muscarelle Museum of Art.Tiffany Glass: "A Riot of Color" is the Only Exhibition in the Hampton Roads 2009 Art of Glass Festival Devoted to the Art Nouveau Glass of Tiffany WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The Muscarelle Museum of Art (http://www.wm.edu/muscarelle) presents Tiffany Glass: "A Riot of Color," an exhibition of the finest Tiffany glass on view from April 18, 2009 to July 12, 2009. The exhibition celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the "Art of Glass," organized by the Chrysler Museum and the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, in conjunction with the Virginia Arts Festival. While most of the participating institutions will display contemporary glass, the Muscarelle will be the sole venue devoted entirely to the stunning Art Nouveau glass of Tiffany from the period around 1900. In 1913, Louis Comfort Tiffany threw an Egyptian-themed party at his Madison Avenue studio. A New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times journalist described the event as a feast, "held in a riot of color." Although this description refers to the elaborate costumes and entertainment, it is just as applicable to Tiffany's iridescent ir·i·des·cent adj. 1. Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage. 2. glass -- a feast for the eyes. Tiffany Glass: "A Riot of Color" showcases highlights from the career of Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose extraordinary interior designs made him the first word in taste and sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. in Gilded Age Gilded Age The years between the Civil War and World War I when institutions undertook financial manipulations that went virtually unchecked by government. This era produced many infamous activities in the security markets. New York. Stained glass windows Stained Glass Windows was an early broadcast television program, broadcast on early Sunday evenings on the ABC network. The program was a religious broadcast, hosted by the Reverend Everett Parker. The program ran from September 26, 1948 until October 16, 1949. , glass-tiled fireplaces and blown-glass light fixtures were mainstays of Tiffany interiors. The "Riot of Color" exhibition will include an array of brilliant, jewel-like glass lamps, glass tiles, blown glass, and a stained glass window stained glass window n → vidriera de colores stained glass window stain n → buntes Glasfenster nt stained glass window n that together illustrate the styles, themes and techniques with which the Tiffany studios experimented during the Art Nouveau period. In addition to the finest glass objects on loan from museums and private collectors, the exhibition includes a selection of Art Nouveau posters and metalwork metalwork. Copper, gold, and silver were probably fashioned into ornaments and amulets as early as the Neolithic period. Goldwork and silverwork have since employed the talents of leading artisans and artists in making jewelry, plate, inlays, and sculpture. . The Muscarelle Museum of Art is located on the campus of The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Museum is open from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 12:00 noon until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Museum is closed on Mondays. Docent tours are available at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays and other times as announced. During exhibitions, there is an admission fee of $5.00. Call 757-221-2700 or visit http://www.wm.edu/muscarelle. |
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