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America's Collection

Art and Architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State, The...

Virginia Hart Virginia Hart Bri Brophy Allan Greenberg

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Rizzoli International Publications
30 August 2023
The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence.

The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict, in the rarified environment of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State. Tucked inside the modern Truman Building in the center of Washington, D.C., lies this special suite of rooms transformed by four renowned architects—gems of classical architecture brimming with exceptional American art and artifacts that tell the story of the nation’s founding and represent the singular ideals of the American character.

Housing one of the finest collections in the world, second only to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Winterthur, these rooms display more than 5,000 objects, including paintings by John Singleton Copley and Gilbert Stuart; silver and porcelain owned by George Washington and other presidents; fine furniture; maps and documents; prints and drawings, not to mention the very desk the Treaty of Paris was signed on. All-new photography and scholarly essays capture the history of the rooms and explore more than 150 examples of the extraordinary American art that animates the exquisite spaces.
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Imprint:   Rizzoli International Publications
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 305mm,  Width: 229mm, 
Weight:   567g
ISBN:   9780847873272
ISBN 10:   0847873277
Pages:   336
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Virginia Hart is director and curator of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms and Bri Brophy is deputy chief curator. The Honorable John F. Kerry is U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, and former U.S. Secretary of State. Allan Greenberg is an architect and author. Mark Alan Hewitt is an architect and architectural historian. Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning author.

Reviews for America's Collection: Art and Architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State, The

"""Who knew that the austere and massive Truman Building at the Department of State contained such magnificent works of art? This beautiful volume describing and displaying these pieces is a work of art in its own right."" — Gordon S. Wood, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Radicalism of the American Revolution and The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 ""Take a tour through the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the US Department of State, which rival—and perhaps surpass—the interiors of the White House.""—Bloomberg News “This is a long overdue and comprehensive presentation of this nationally significant collection, making it accessible to a wider public audience.  It is a high-quality publication that beautifully presents the collection’s impressive artifacts with the attention they deserve.” —Thomas Luebke, Secretary, Commission of Fine Arts ""Who knew that the austere and massive Truman Building at the Department of State contained such magnificent works of art? This beautiful volume describing and displaying these pieces is a work of art in its own right."" — Gordon S. Wood, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Radicalism of the American Revolution and The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 “This is a long overdue and comprehensive presentation of this nationally significant collection, making it accessible to a wider public audience.  It is a high-quality publication that beautifully presents the collection’s impressive artifacts with the attention they deserve.” —Thomas Luebke, Secretary, Commission of Fine Arts ""Who knew that the austere and massive Truman Building at the Department of State contained such magnificent works of art? This beautiful volume describing and displaying these pieces is a work of art in its own right."" — Gordon S. Wood, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Radicalism of the American Revolution and The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787"


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