The Paston Treasure : microcosm of the known world / edited by Andrew Moore, Nathan Flis, and Francesca Vanke.
Published / Created:
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2018.
Physical Description:
589 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This publication accompanies the exhibitions 'The Paston Tresure: Microcosm of the Known world and The Paston Treasure: Riches and Rarities of the Known World', co-organized by the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, on view 15 February - 27 May 2018, and Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, on view 23 June - 23 September 2018."
Contents:
World in painting : The Paston Treasure: an introduction / Andrew Moore -- I. Understanding the Paston Treasure : The master of the 'Paston Treasure': in search of an attribution / Andrew Moore and Robert Wenley -- Making 'The Paston Treasure' / Spike Bucklow and Jessica David -- Technical investigation of 'The Paston Treasure' by macro-x-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF) analysis / Claudia Caliri and Francesco Paolo Romano -- Curtain up / Glenn Adamson -- 'The Paston Treasure' and its continental inspiration / Ellinoor Bergvelt -- "This deepe and perfect glosse of Blacknesse": colour, colonialism, and 'The Paston Treasure's' period eye / Esther Chadwick -- II. Revealing the Collection : A curated collection: virtuosity and performance in 'The Paston Treasure' / Mark A. Meadow -- 'Artificialia and their meanings in 'The Paston Tresure' / Wolfram Koeppe -- The development of Oxnead: from Tudor house to Nicholas Stone / Maurice Howard and Edward Town -- A tale of two houses: Oxnead and the Pastons ; Blickling and the Hobarts / Victor Morgan -- Paston furniture and furnishings / Simon Swynfen Jervis -- 'Naturalia', curiosities, and the English cabinet / Arthur Macgregor -- Musical dialogues in 'The Paston Treasure' / Jeanice Brooks and Jonathan Wainwright -- III. The Pastons and Their World : The Paston Family in the seventeenth century / Jean Agnew -- "Mecœna's Face": a portrait of Sir William Paston, First Baronet / Nathan Flis and Michael Hunter -- Painted portraits and the Paston Family's collection of paintings / Karen Hearn -- the Paston-Yarmouth collection of prints and drawings / Simon Turner -- The Paston Library / Mark Purcell -- Imperfect reds: Robert Paston's alchemy / Paula Findlen and Francesca Vanke -- Sir Thomas Browne, the Pastons, and the pursuit of health and wealth / Reid Barbour -- A question of education: the grand tour of William Paston and his tutor William Aglionby / Jonathan Yarker.
Subject Terms:
Paston family -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Oxnead Hall (England) | Yarmouth, Robert Paston, Earl of, 1631–1683 -- Art collections. | Paston, William, Sir, 1528–1610 -- Art collections. | Paston, William, Sir, 1528–1610 -- Art collections. | Art -- Collections and collecting -- Great Britain -- History -- Catalogs. | Decorative arts -- Collections and collecting -- Great Britain -- History -- Catalogs.
Contributors:
Moore, Andrew W., writer of essay. | Flis, Nathan, writer of essay. | Vanke, Francesca, writer of essay. | Wenley, Robert, writer of essay. | Bucklow, Spike, writer of essay. | David, Jessica, writer of essay. | Caliri, Claudia, writer of essay. | Romano, Paolo, writer of essay. | Adamson, Glenn, writer of essay. | Bergvelt, Ellinoor, writer of essay. | Chadwick, Esther, writer of essay. | Meadow, Mark A., writer of essay. | Koeppe, Wolfram, 1962– writer of essay. | Howard, Maurice, writer of essay. | Town, Edward, writer of essay. | Morgan, Victor, writer of essay. | Jervis, Simon, writer of essay. | MacGregor, Arthur, 1941– writer of essay. | Brooks, Jeanice, writer of essay. | Wainwright, Jonathan P., 1961– writer of essay. | Agnew, Jean, writer of essay. | Hunter, Michael, 1949– writer of essay. | Hearn, Karen, writer of essay. | Turner, Simon, writer of essay. | Purcell, Mark (Librarian), writer of essay. | Findlen, Paula, writer of essay. | Barbour, Reid, writer of essay. | Yarker, Jonathan, writer of essay. | Yale Center for British Art, host institution. | Norfolk Museums Service, host institution.