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Pat Kirkham (Editor), Susan Weber (Editor)
Description: History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture 1400–2000
~For a project that has been in the making for nearly a decade we have many people to thank. The title of Project Editor does not begin to cover the extraordinary contribution of Heather Jane McCormick (who holds an MA and an MPhil from the BGC and is also a doctoral candidate here). She assisted us in many and varied ways, and her subject knowledge, love of the...
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Pat Kirkham (Editor), Susan Weber (Editor)
PublisherBard Graduate Center
PublisherYale University Press
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Editors’ Acknowledgments
For a project that has been in the making for nearly a decade we have many people to thank. The title of Project Editor does not begin to cover the extraordinary contribution of Heather Jane McCormick (who holds an MA and an MPhil from the BGC and is also a doctoral candidate here). She assisted us in many and varied ways, and her subject knowledge, love of the chase, wonderful people skills, and unfailing attention to detail have been central to the quality of this publication. We thank her from the bottom of our hearts, as we do Martina D’Alton, Senior Manuscript Editor, whose consummate skills and tenacity have done so much to shepherd yet another major BGC publication (our largest ever) to completion. Sally Salvesen, the BGC’s longtime editor at Yale University Press in London, once again provided wisdom and guidance in the many decisions, small and large, faced by our team at every stage of publication. These three women are the very best and most professional and congenial of colleagues.
We were also blessed with designers who understood our many ambitions for this project: Rita Jules, who brought to the project much that she learned while gaining an MA at the BGC, and Miko McGinty, whose previous commissions have included editions of Janson’s History of Art. Their design skills and aesthetic sensibilities shine through the beautiful book they have produced.
We count ourselves fortunate in that specialists from many countries and areas of interest graciously agreed to write for this project, and we extend our deepest appreciation to them: John Robert Alderman, Silke Bettermann, Marcus B. Burke, Jeffrey Collins, Aimée E. Froom, Annette Hagedorn, David Jaffee, Rose Kerr, Patricia Lara-Betancourt, Christian A. Larsen, Dana Leibsohn, Sarah A. Lichtman, Andrew Morrall, George Michell, Barbara E. Mundy, Amy F. Ogata, Jorge F. Rivas Pérez, Maria Ruvoldt, Tomoko Sakomura, Enid Schildkrout, Lee Talbot, Sarah Teasley, Carol Thompson, Tom Tredway, Norman Vorano, and Catherine L. Whalen.
Our thanks also to the consultants who took time out of busy schedules to advise us. They are: Kenneth L. Ames, Hazel Clark, Gustavo Curiel, Erin Eisenbarth, Aaron Glass, Stephan Heidemann, Amin Jaffer, Helena Kåberg, François Louis, Michele Majer, Sarah B. Sherrill, Caron Smith, and Paul Stirton. By the nature of their task, our peer reviewers and external readers must remain anonymous, but we thank you nonetheless for your suggestions and expertise.
We extend our appreciation to our copy editors, Margaret A. Hogan, Heidi Downey, Karyn Hinkle, and Jason Best, who did a wonderful job, as did our Photographic Rights Assistant, Emily Orr, proofreaders Caroline Hannah and Roberta Fineman, and typesetter Tina Henderson. Thanks also to those BGC faculty and guests who have contributed to our ever-evolving survey course, and whose knowledge and ideas helped shape this book. This project could not have been completed without the help of many other colleagues and collaborators at the BGC, including the Librarians and staff in Visual Media Resources, Dean Elena Pinto Simon, Izabella Elwart, Daniel Lee, Alexis Mucha, Earl Martin, Ivan Gaskell, Allison Ong, Deborah Tint, and Lynn Thommen, as well as BGC students Luke Baker, Tenann Bell, Yenna Chan, Martina D’Amato, William DeGregorio, Shoshana Greenwald, Craig Lee, and Sequoia Miller. Special thanks also to Fernanda Kellogg and Ann Pyne for their support throughout this project.
Last but not least, we thank all the private individuals as well as the many museums, libraries, picture agencies, and other institutions that have permitted us to publish images of items in their care. We are especially grateful to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum in New York, and the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Editors’ Acknowledgments
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