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Title	In Praise of Shadows
Subjects	Painting--American--19th century Painting--American--20th century Nature in art Tanizaki, Junʼichirō, 1886-1965. Inʼei raisan. English Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908 Okakura, Kakuzō, 1862-1913 Corn, Wanda M. Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924 Art--Japanese influences Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 Alexander, John White, 1856-1915 Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932 Fenway Court Pumpelly, Raphael, 1837-1923 Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) Herter, Christian, 1840-1883 Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 Decorative arts--Japan World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925 Chéret, Jules, 1836-1932 Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973 Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935 Lacquer and lacquering--Japan Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905 Peacock Room Dresser, Christopher. Japan Twachtman, John Henry, 1853-1902 Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917 Havemeyer, Louisine Waldron Elder Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919 Coburn, Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966 Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933 Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938 Favrile glass Inness, George, 1825-1894 Tiffany and Company Gallé, Emile, 1846-1904 Prouvé, Victor Emile, 1858-1943 Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825 Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973
Description	Summary: David Park Curry, Senior Curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art, presents a lecture about the influence of Japanese arts and crafts on western art in the late 19th century in conjunction with the Clark's 2008 exhibition, "Like Breath on Glass: The Art of Painting Softly" June 22 - October 19, 2008. Contents: David Park Curry Presentation (ca. 48 mins.) David Park Curry Presentation (Slides) 1. James Abbot McNeill Whistler’s “Nocturne in Blue and Silver.” – 2. John White Alexander’s “A Ray of Sunlight (The Cellist). – 3. Tokyo station, 1914. – 4. Unidentified images demonstrating the concepts of light and shadow and the alcove. – 5. Emil Carlsen’s “Night, Old Windham” 6. Photograph of Okakura Kakuzo with Isabella Stewart Gardner and guests at Fenway Court. -- 7. Two images from Raphael Pumpelly’s book, “Across American and Asia.” – 8. Image from the Hokusai Manga reproduced in “Across America and Asia.” – 9. Photograph of the Japanese delegation to the 1867 Paris World’s Fair. – 10. Image of a Japanese dwelling constructed for the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. – 11. Engraving and photograph showing Japanese decorative arts on display at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. – 12. Photograph of Japanisme parlor designed by Christian Herter for William Vanderbilt in 1879. – 13. Photograph of William T. Walters’s private gallery of Japanese decorative art. – 14. James McNeill Whistler’s “Nocturne in Blue and Silver: The Lagoon, Venice” and a photograph of the gondoliers hired for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and rowing in front of the Japanese pavilion (Ho-oh-den). – 15. Photographs of the exterior and the interior of the Japanese pavilion (Ho-oh-den) at the Chicago World’s Fair. – 16. Dwight William Tryon’s “Before Sunrise.” – 17. Jules Cheret’s poster, “Saxoleine Petrole de Surete.” – 18. Eduard Steichen’s “Cooper's Bluff—Moonlight Strollers” and Frederick Child Hassam’s “Moonlight Scene.” – 19. Whistler’s “Caprice in Purple and Gold – The Golden Screen.” – 20. Lacquer screen from the Momoyama Period showing western traders in Japan. – 21. Lacquer screen from the Momoyama Period showing western traders in Japan (detail). – 22. Advertisement for contemporary Japanese crafts for sale by dealer Siegfried Bing and [unidentified painting]. –23. Thomas Jekyll’s Anglo-Japanesque chair, designed for Whistler. – 24. Photograph of bamboo furniture exported from Canton. -- 25. Details of Jekyll’s chair. – 26. Image of shelves from Whistler’s Peacock room. – 27. Jardinière designed by Christopher Dresser. –28. John Henry Twachtman’s “Arques-la-Bataille.” – 29. Dresser’s “Plans and Elevations of Flowers,” a plate from Owen Jones’s “The Grammar of Ornament.” – 30. Whistler’s “The Little White Girl” and “Nocturne in Blue and Silver.” 31. Edgar Degas’s “The Collector of Prints” and a photograph of Japonesque items (textiles, tea jars, flatware) owned by collector Louisine Havemeyer. – 32. Photograph of Charles Lang Freer comparing a Whistler figure painting to a large Babylonian jar and an Alvin Langdon Coburn photograph of Freer comparing a Whistler pastel to two small Egyptian bronzes. 33. Three pieces from the Freer collection: Satsuma water bottle, an unidentified Whistler painting, and a chair. – 34. Unidentified Charles Adams Platt painting. 35. Dwight William Tryon’s painting, “Springtime.” – 36. Thomas Dewing’s “The Four Sylvan Sounds (The Four Forest Notes): The Wind through the Pine Trees, the Woodpecker, the Sound of Falling Water, and the Hermit Thrush.” – 37. Dewing’s “Lady with a Mask.” – 38. Whistler’s “Nocturne, Blue and Silver: Battersea Reach” and piece of lacquer embellished with gold. – 39. George Inness’s “Home of the Heron” and a Tiffany favrile vase. – 40. Cover of inaugural issue of “Le Japon Artistique: Documents d’Art et d’Industrie” by S. Bing. – 41. Whistler’s “The Lady of the Lang Lijsen” and Victor Prouvé’s “Portrait of Emile Gallé.” – 42. Vase by Gallé with detail. – 43. Vase by Gallé with detail. – 44. Vase by Gallé with detail. – 44. Gallé’s vase, “Blue Melancholia.” – Vase by Gallé with detail. – 45. Whistler’s “Arrangement in Black; The Lady in the Yellow Buskin – Portrait of Lady Archibald Campbell” and “Courtesan and Maid” by Utagawa Toyokuni I. – 46. Eduard Steichen’s “Yellow Moon.”
Speakers	Curry, David Park
Date of Recording	September 7, 2008
Original Format	WMV
Language	English
Digital Format	MP4
Digital Reproduction Information	Converted from WMV to MP4 January 21, 2008
Length of Recording	00:47:59

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