TY - BOOK AU - McCormick,Heather Jane AU - Ottomeyer,Hans AU - Walker,Stephanie ED - Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) ED - Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture. TI - Vasemania: neoclassical form and ornament in Europe : selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art SN - 0300099347 (cl : alk. paper) AV - NK 9558 .M137 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - New Haven, Connecticut PB - Yale University Press KW - Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) KW - Exhibitions KW - Vases KW - Europe KW - Neoclassicism (Art) KW - Vases in art N1 - Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center, New York, July 22-Oct. 17, 2004; Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index; Collecting neoclassical decorative art at The metropolitan museum of art / Heather Jane McCormick -- The metamorphosis of the neoclassical vase / Hans Ottomeyer -- The Hamilton collection and its influence -- The vase as a template for artists and early neoclassicism -- Tradition and innovation at the royal manufactories -- Technical discoveries and the commercial marketing of the vase -- Neoclassicism and the new aesthetic in silver -- The vase as ornament in furniture and furnishings -- The vase as a design element in interiors -- Symbol to satire: the vase as icon ER -