Éva Békési

PREFACE The exhibilion of Renaissance and Mannerism is a new venture for the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts, being the first of a series of exhibitions with the overall title "Periods in European Decorative Arts", the subsequent shows, wich arc planned for the closing years of the 1980's, will...

PREFACE The exhibilion of Renaissance and Mannerism is a new venture for the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts, being the first of a series of exhibitions with the overall title "Periods in European Decorative Arts", the subsequent shows, wich arc planned for the closing years of the 1980's, will...

THEMATIC APPROACHES TO BAROQUE AND ROCOCO It is generally agreed that the 17th and 18th centuries were an extremely flourishing period in the applied arts. Thus it comes as no surprise to find that artefacts from this period are to be found in great numbers in European museums in general, and in...

Foreword by Lord Rothschild I am delighted that the Gilbert Collection is participating in the ambitious and imaginative Magyar Magic - Hungary in Focus 2004 festival, which the Hungárián Ministry of Cultural Heritage, through the Hungárián Cultural Centre in London, is staging to mark the...