J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts Curriculum
An extremely well put together site full of information about the decorative arts, specifically the French decorative arts from about 1660 to 1790. Contains history, lesson plans, and even an image bank.
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Louvre Museum: A Closer Look at an Ebony Cabinet
Media-rich module examines a highly ornate French-made cabinet from the seventeenth century. Accompanying commentaries and animations demonstrate skilled craftsmanship, decorative style, and unique combinations of materials. Additional...
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...
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Boston Public Library: On the Edge: Hidden Art of Fore Edge Book Painting
An exhibition of books with painted fore-edges.
Indiana University
Indiana University: Lilly Library: Fore Edge Painting
Exhibition of an obscure art form known as fore-edge painting, a decorative art that arose in Europe alongside the bookbinding trade. View examples of books embellished with finely painted fore-edges of subjects such as the Canterbury...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: An Introduction to Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum
Mr. Getty began acquiring European furniture in the 1930s and soon became an avid collector of European Decorative Arts. Today the J. Paul Getty Museum has an extensive collection primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries. Some of the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Masters of Marquetry Quiz
Test your knowledge of marquetry and its masters in the 17th and 18th centuries with this 10-problem quiz.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Opening the Decorative Arts Collection
They may look like flat-front desks or cabinets, but many objects in the J. Paul Getty Museum's Decorative Arts collection contain secret keyholes, drawers, writing surfaces, and private cubbies that offer a fascinating glimpse into the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Masters of Marquetry in the 18th Century: Oeben, Roentgen, Abbiati
Marquetry designs were easily adapted to this new style by taking full advantage of the rich assortment of natural wood tones and the lively colors of dyed woods. One great marquetry master who dominated the middle of the 18th century in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Masters of Marquetry in the 17th Century: Boulle
Marquetry is the art of creating intricate pictures and elaborate designs on furniture by skillfully cutting and fitting together thin pieces of domestic and exotic woods, horn, ivory, metal, shell, and other precious materials. While...