Victoria and Albert Museum

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Works:	4,802 works in 8,945 publications in 4 languages and 159,745 library holdings
Genres:	History Catalogs Pictorial works Sources Dictionaries Patterns Biography Cross-cultural studies Documentary films
Roles:	Other, Publisher, Editor
Classifications:	N1150, 709.03/4907442134

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Publications about Victoria and Albert Museum

Publications by Victoria and Albert Museum

Most widely held works about Victoria and Albert Museum

Art Nouveau : 1890-1914 by Paul Greenhalgh ( Book )
Four hundred years of fashion by Victoria and Albert Museum ( Book )
A grand design : the art of the Victoria and Albert Museum by Victoria and Albert Museum ( Book )
The Victoria & Albert Museum by Michael Darby ( Book )
Illuminated manuscripts and their makers by Rowan Watson ( Book )

Islamic arts from Spain by Mariam Rosser-Owen ( Book )
The power of the poster by Margaret Timmers ( Book )
Fashion in detail : from the 17th and 18th centuries by Avril Hart ( Book )
Jewels and jewelry by Clare Phillips ( Book )
Impressions of the 20th century : fine art prints from the V & A Collection by Victoria and Albert Museum ( Book )
The Victoria & Albert Museum's textile collection : woven textile design in Britain from 1750 to 1850 by Victoria and Albert Museum ( Book )
Chinese ceramics : porcelain of the Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 by Rose Kerr ( Book )
British watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum : an illustrated summary catalogue of the national collection by Victoria and Albert Museum ( Book )
The Victoria and Albert Museum, the history of its building by John Frederick Physick ( Book )
Chihuly DVD collection ( Visual )
Art nouveau, 1890-1914 ( Visual )
Kaffe Fassett's museum quilts : designs inspired by the Victoria and Albert Museum by Kaffe Fassett ( Book )
100 great paintings in the Victoria & Albert Museum by Victoria and Albert Museum ( Book )
The Victoria and Albert Museum by Victoria and Albert Museum ( Book )
Medieval and Renaissance stained glass in the Victoria and Albert Museum by Paul Williamson ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Victoria and Albert Museum

Art deco 1910-1939 ( Book )
12 editions published between 2003 and 2010 in English and Polish and held by 1,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Victoria and Albert Museum's highly successful art nouveau exhibition is replaced in 2003 by an art deco exhibition. This volume focuses on one of the twentieth-century's most popular and distinctive styles

American art, 1750-1800 : towards independence by Charles F Montgomery ( Book )
7 editions published between 1975 and 1976 in English and held by 1,298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Golden age of British photography, 1839-1900 : photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, with selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle, the Royal Photographic Society, Bath, Science Museum, London, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh by Victoria and Albert Museum (London) ( Book )
12 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 906 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Morris by William Morris ( Book )
9 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 876 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dress in detail from around the world by Rosemary Crill ( Book )
12 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in English and held by 810 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Das Buch widmet sich der Vielfalt von traditioneller Kleidung aus aller Welt. Mittels zahlreicher grossformatiger Detailaufnahmen präsentiert es rund 150 Exponate aus der internationalen Kostümsammlung des Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Viele der vorgestellten Kleidungsstücke wurden für Feste und Zeremonien angefertigt. Sie verfügen über einen überwältigenden Detailreichtum, von dem sich auch zeitgenössische Modedesigner gerne inspirieren lassen (Quelle: Buchumschlag d. dt. Ausg.)

Modernism : designing a new world, 1914-1939 by Christopher Wilk ( Book )
6 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shoes by Lucy Pratt ( Book )
8 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in English and held by 735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From very long pointed toes in the Middle Ages to exotic creations of the 1990s, the story of footwear is a lively and evocative reflection of styles, fashions and moments in history. In Henry VIII's time, for example, exaggerated shapes and wide toes mirrored the aggressive social climate, while engravings of Queen Victoria showed impossibly narrow slippers in pursuit of nineteenth-century ideals of daintiness." "Engravings, paintings and advertisements help to tell the story, and the specially commissioned photography reveals the glorious colours and styles in stunning detail."--BOOK JACKET

Photography, an independent art : photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum 1839-1996 by Mark Haworth-Booth ( Book )
4 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 728 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In providing a comprehensive introduction to this particular collection, the author also provides "a general history of photography from its beginnings as a scientific curiosity, through its international commercialization, to its coming of age as an art form in its own right."--Jacket

Bags by Claire Wilcox ( Book )
4 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in English and held by 726 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Items from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection illustrate the history of handbags

Surreal things : Surrealism and design by Victoria and Albert Museum ( Book )
5 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 696 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A guide to early photographic processes by Brian Coe ( Book )
4 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 655 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The art of death : visual culture in the English death ritual, c. 1500-c. 1800 by Nigel Llewellyn ( Book )
2 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 641 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pugin : a Gothic passion by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( Book )
4 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Looking at European sculpture : a guide to technical terms by Jane Bassett ( Book )
4 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 606 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This book offers definitions of the techniques, processes, and materials used in the production of postclassical European sculpture. Concise and readable explanations of the technical terms most frequently encountered by the museum-goer are presented in an easily portable format." "With numerous illustrations drawn from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum - most of them in color - this volume will be indispensable to all readers wishing to increase their enjoyment and understanding of European sculpture."--BOOK JACKET

Japanese art and design ( Book )
7 editions published between 1986 and 2009 in English and held by 602 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Design & the decorative arts : Britain, 1500-1900 by Michael Snodin ( Book )
3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 600 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This book tells the story of design and the decorative arts in Britain over 400 from the Tudors to the reign of Queen Victoria. It is the story of a remarkable transformation that embraced the decorative arts in all their rich diversity, from furniture to fabrics and from prints to porcelain. In 1500, at the end of the Middle Ages, Britain played a peripheral role in the affairs of Europe. It was beautiful things created in the workshops of Venice and Florence, of Antwerp and Paris that were coveted throughout western Europe, not those made in London or Edinburgh. The range of high-design objects made in Britain was limited. British craftspeople lacked skills and there was heavy dependence on the expertise of foreigners. Four centuries later, in the reign of Queen Victoria, all this had changed. Britain had become the workshop of the world. Its queen ruled an empire that embraced a fifth of the earth's land surface and a quarter of its people. London was rivalled only by Paris as a focus for international interest in design and the decorative arts. By the nineteenth century, British design was widely admired and copied. Its products could be found right across the globe, from palaces and stately homes to the living rooms of ordinary people." "The book is divided into three sections, each dealing with a different stage in this great transformation: Tudor and Stuart, 1500-1714; Georgian, 1714-1837; Victorian, 1837-1901. These sections explore design and the decorative arts from a number of points of view. They examine style, the question of how things looked. They ask who led taste - who decided what was to be considered beautiful, fashionable and desirable. They look at how fashionable things - from household goods to clothing - were used in daily life. They ask what was new, examining new products and the impact of innovation on design. Together, the chapters provide a fascinating picture of four centuries that saw Britain's international artistic reputation transformed from one of relative obscurity to widespread acclaim." "Written by Michael Snodin and John Styles of the Victoria and Albert Museum, with additional contributions from other leading experts, the publication celebrates the opening of the Museum's new British Galleries 1500-1900. It draws on the V&A's unequalled resources for the study of design and the decorative arts. Nearly 1,000 colour illustrations are drawn principally from the Museum's world-renowned collections."--BOOK JACKET

Streetstyle : from sidewalk to catwalk by Ted Polhemus ( Book )
4 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 600 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A look at how the clothes of various subcultures, from bikers and hippies to punks and ravers, influence high fashion

Picturing plants : an analytical history of botanical illustration by Gill Saunders ( Book )
2 editions published between 1995 and 2009 in English and held by 591 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This beautifully illustrated book will explore the purpose and function of the whole range of botanical art, from early woodcut herbals and painted florilegia, botanical treatises and records of new discoveries, to gardening manuals, seed catalogues and field guides for the amateur enthusiast. Drawing on a superb archive of material in the Victoria and Albert Museum, much of it hitherto unpublished, it ranges from the 15th-century printed book to the work of contemporary illustrators, taking in unique florilegia, the work of acknowledged masters such as Ehret and Redoute, and examples from China and Japan. In doing so it illuminates the complex cultural history of flowering plants, and brings a fresh approach to this perennially fascinating subject

Chinese art by Stephen W Bushell ( Book )
39 editions published between 1905 and 1977 in English and held by 571 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dealing not only with architecture, sculpture, and painting, but also with bronze and ceramics, this text offers a complete panorama of Chinese arts and civilisation. In his text, the author Bushell stresses the importance of knowing the society to understand the arts

Karl Friedrich Schinkel : a universal man by Karl Friedrich Schinkel ( Book )
4 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and held by 555 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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