Tiffany, Mega Square

Hardback

Main Details

Title Tiffany, Mega Square
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Charles De Kay
SeriesMega Square
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 163,Width 150
Category/GenreArt nouveau
ISBN/Barcode 9781844848584
ClassificationsDewey:748.20973
Audience
General
Illustrations 120

Publishing Details

Publisher Parkstone Press Ltd
Imprint Parkstone Press Ltd
Publication Date 2 June 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A jeweler with an established reputation through the world, Louis Comfort Tiffany was the spearhead of the Art Nouveau movement in the United States. At a time and in a country in perpetual growth, Tiffany succeeded in elevating the decorative to the rank of fine art. Glass was the field of expertise of Tiffany's workshops. There they developed groundbreaking techniques of treatment which produced beautiful effects on glass. Following the examples of Galle or Daum, Tiffany made the most of this material: playing with colors, opaqueness and transparency...However, his most famous success is his lamps in mosaic of glass, similar to the cathedral's stained glass window. Diving into this prism of colors, the author makes us dream again of the birth of this enduring company.