Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

Sort by

1) The Huntington: library, art collections, botanical gardens

Author

Pomeroy, Elizabeth W

Publisher

Philip Wilson

Pub. Date

1986

Language

English

2) Inspiring Walt Disney: the animation of French decorative arts

Author

Burchard, Wolf

Publisher

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Description

Read Description

The films produced by Disney Animation Studios are deeply rooted in European storytelling and visual traditions. Exploring Walt Disney's fascination with European art and examining the novel use of French motifs in Disney films and theme parks, this publication features 40 works of eighteenth-century European design--from tapestries and furniture to Boulle clocks and Sevres porcelain alongside 150 film stills, drawings, and other works on paper from...

3) The great experiment: George Washington and the American Republic

Author

Rhodehamel, John H

Publisher

Huntington Library

Pub. Date

1998

Language

English

Description

Read Description

To most Americans, George Washington is a remote figured encased in myth, more a monument than a man. This book brings him vividly to life once again--a man who was born a loyal subject of the British Crown and became the leader of a radical revolution, a victorious military leader who relinquished the trappings of power to return to farming, a reluctant statesman who forged the institutions of a popular government that have endured for two centuries....