{"product_id":"the-peacock-room-comes-to-america-paperback","title":"The Peacock Room Comes to America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Glazer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou're invited to the Peacock Room, a stunning Victorian London dining room turned immersive work of art at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Peacock Room Comes to America \u003c\/i\u003edetails the unique history of a dining room so masterfully decorated, it crossed oceans to become an art collector's piece. The room is a study in opulence, offering a 360-degree showstopping view. This book features splendid illustrations and close-up shots of the room's most intricate details, from its gilded walnut latticework to the Tudor-style ceiling painted with a lush pattern of peacock feathers. The paneled room is painted in rich blue-green colors with white-over glazing and metallic gold leaf and distinctive incorporations of the peacock motif. While renowned for its beauty, the room is also famous for the story of its making, marked by betrayal and feuding, embodied by a mural of fighting peacocks painted in secret by artist James McNeill Whistler after he'd been fired from the project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe room is considered one of the best surviving aesthetic interiors of the Anglo-Japanese style and displays more than 250 stunning ceramics from across Asia ranging from prehistoric times to the early twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eThe Peacock Room Comes to America \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces readers to these distinctive pottery pieces with historical and artistic context.\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e60 color images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 archival images of the room's conservation and transformations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort profiles on Raqqa ware, Jun ware, Korean celadons, Chinese funeral jars, and the room's focal painting \u003ci\u003eThe Princess from the Land of Porcelain \u003c\/i\u003eby James McNeill Whistler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronology of the room and the acquisition of its individual art pieces \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the Peacock Room's long and fascinating journey from London to Detroit to Washington, DC. \u003ci\u003eThe Peacock Room Comes to America \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the harmony and whimsy of a room that is not merely a gallery, but an artwork of its own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEE GLAZER \u003c\/b\u003eis former curator of American Art at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art. During her tenure, she reinstalled the Peacock Room to its appearance in 1908 and oversaw the creation of the interactive website \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Beautiful: Freer, Whistler, and their Points of Contact.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 10.4 x 10.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754114089248,"sku":"9781588347534","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/595ab5600750d9faa3117e4ff411e418.webp?v=1780033738","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-peacock-room-comes-to-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}