Rockhampton
Rockhampton city (1991 pop. 55,768), Queensland, E Australia, on the Fitzroy River. It is a rail center and, with its port at Port Alma, the principal trade center for the pastoral and mining regions of central Queensland. The chief exports are wool, meat, and other farm products; copper and gold are also exported. There are cotton gins in the city and, in winter, a tourist trade. Rockhampton was founded in 1858.
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Profound perplexity.(The Theory of Decorative Art: An Anthology of European and American Writings, 1750-1940)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Theory of Decorative Art. In the "decorative arts" department at...So, what are decorative arts? The pithiest answer...lies between fine art and non-art...had been termed art. Nowadays, the decorative arts--and non-art...
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artnet Launches New Decorative Art Price Database.
PR Newswire; 3/10/2009; 686 words
; ...database of furniture and decorative art auction records from...The new Decorative Art Price Database complements...information for the fine and decorative art markets from the...launch of artnet's new Decorative Art Price Database...
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SOUTH SHORE ACADEMY PROVIDES TRAINING IN DECORATIVE ART HOME FINISHES
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/20/1999; 670 words
; ...their own space and see decorative arts in magazines or...in their homes." Decorative arts is the art of creating faux finishes...Wallpaper 101, Stencil Art, and Color Theory...South Shore Academy of Decorative Arts is located at 354 South...
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Decorative art takes centre stage at the Walker; this month sees the official opening of the Craft and Design Gallery, at the Walker, Liverpool, the museum's first dedicated space for decorative art. Robin Emmerson introduces a selection of the recent acquisitions that form highlights of the new display.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...pictures rather than with the decorative arts. When it opened in 1877, its...wide-ranging collections of decorative art and antiquities given in 1867...the Walker's acquisitions of decorative arts were largely confined to the...
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Museum accessions.(American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation)(Organization overview)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...gifts from the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, a...understanding of, American decorative arts of the period between...American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation is a...appreciation of the decorative arts of the late nineteenth...
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Sculpture or decorative art?(CURRENT and coming)(Taking Shape: Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...ground, sculpture and decorative arts are rarely considered...Finding Sculpture in the Decorative Arts, a new exhibition at the...fields--sculpture as fine art created for aesthetic purposes, and decorative art as applied art created...
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FRENCH DECORATIVE ART EXHIBITED
News Wire article from: United Press International; 8/15/2001; 700+ words
; ...International 08-15-2001 French decorative art exhibited NEW YORK, Aug 15...word for prophet), turned to decorative art in the form of large painted...Titled "Beyond the Easel: Decorative Paintings by Bonnard, Vuillard...
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Grandly designed: Baltimore museum displays dazzling show of decorative art.(Arts)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/19/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...the world's largest decorative arts museum and contains...Baltimore Museum of Art - the first institution...deputy director for art Brenda Richardson...direction. The pair, both decorative arts admirers, approached...arts, as well as the decorative arts. For ...
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DECORATIVE ART IS EXALTED IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.(What's Happening)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 12/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Byline: REGINA HACKETT P-I art critic `Tis the season to...of the old art pejorative, decorative. The old meaning of decorative is clear to everyone. It...their own good. In art, decorative used to be insult. What...
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IT'S NOT FAKE ANYTHING -- IT'S REAL DECORATIVE ART
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/20/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...untreated. Another common form of decorative art is wood graining. Sometimes non...Glazing walls is another big part of decorative arts, and Paskauskas' house is full...experimenting with their own form of decorative art. It is
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Decorative Arts
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
DECORATIVE ARTS DECORATIVE ARTS. Broadly understood, the decorative arts comprise objects that...nineteenth century, methodology in decorative arts studies concentrated on connoisseurship...relative underrepresentation in art historical studies. Related...
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decorative arts
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
decorative arts term referring to a variety of applied visual arts, both two- and three-dimensional, including textiles, metalwork, ceramics, books, and woodwork, as well as to certain aspects of architecture (see ornament ), public...
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SIC 2395 Pleating, Decorative and Novelty Stitching, and Tucking for the Trade
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 2395PLEATING, DECORATIVE AND NOVELTY STITCHING...engaged in pleating, decorative and novelty stitching...establishments produced art needlework, quilted fabrics...that did pleating and decorative and novelty stitching...
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Art
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
ART This entry includes 10 subentries: Decorative Arts Glass Interior...between the fine arts and the "decorative" is mostly arbitrary...allowing fine art to gain an aura...clear one. The decorative arts are viewed as more...
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art deco
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
art deco or art moderne , term that...Paris Exposition of Decorative Arts, where the style reached its apex. Art deco is characterized...architecture, as well as the decorative, graphic, and industrial arts. Works executed in...
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