Vadas József (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 10. (Budapest, 1991)
Events 1987-1989
entitled HUNGAROPRINT '89, was accompanied by a commercial advertising competition. The leading event of the year was the exhibition BAROQUE AND ROCOCO, the second part in the series introducing the main periods in the history of the applied arts in Europe. The organizers of the exhibition, Dr. András Szilágyi and Szilvia Maros, arranged the exhibition along thematic lines, approaching the topics from an iconographie point of view. The exhibition was opened by Domokos Kosáry on March 23. As before, leaflets written in a scholarly, yet readable manner introduced the different articles and groups of objects. Besides exhibits from the Museum of Applied Arts, well-known articles from other Hungarian Church and public collections were also on display, continuing a successful idea introduced in the RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM exhibition. The catalogue, accompanied by a separate volume of illustrations, was printed in two languages. PICTURE TAPESTRIES IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS, II, presented works by artists of European renown between the late nineteenth century and the Second World War. Hungarian textile art was represented by works by József Rippl-Rónai and from the members of the Gödöllő Artists' Colony, together with some examples from Noémi Ferenczy's early period. Frida Hansen, a Norwegian, and Otto Eckman, a German, gave insights into textile design outside Hungary. The catalogue, which contained colour illustrations and which was written by Emőke László, disclosed some of the findings of the most recent research. On the opening ceremony the Tátrai String Quartet gave a concert of music by Ravel. The Cartography Department of the Lóránd Eötvös University of Sciences and the Internationale Coronelli-Gesellschaft für Golben- und Instrumentkunde (Vienna) joined forces to organize the exhibition EARTH AND SKY. TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL MAPS FROM THREE CENTURIES. Rare terrestrial and celestial maps from the private collection of Mr. Rudolf Schmidt, president of the Coronelli Society, supplied the material for this exhibition. With the participation of the Museum's department of silver work, the Hungarian public was the first in the world to see a special selection of the Moscow Kremlin State Museum's armoury department. The collection, with the title MASTERPIECES FROM THE TSAR'S TREASURY. CEREMONY AND HUNTING IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA, consisted of magnificent ceremonial weapons and equestrian appurtenances, all made of gold and silver and decorated with precious stones, by Caucasian, Turkish, Chinese and other craftsmen, as well as Russian masters. Among the exhibits was a sabre of Hungarian manufacture from Peter the Great's collection. The media concurred in the view that this time the Museum of Applied Arts had organized a really outstanding and rare event. The colour catalogue proved very useful to Hungarian experts as well. The Museum's last exhibition of the year was held between November 17 and December 17, and showed the works of artists who had won a Lajos Kozma scholarship. Éva Békési, a scientific worker at the Museum of Applied Arts, assisted Zsuzsa Lovag and Annamária Németh in producing the exhibition STYLE AND FORM FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO HISTORICISM, which was held beneath the cupola of the Hungarian National Gallery. Objects from various periods of European art were displayed together with others which, adopting the styliste elements of these periods, were made in the nineteenth century. Beside masterpieces by silversmiths, articles of costume also featured in the exhibition. The opening speech was delivered by Prof. Lajos Németh, head of the art history department of the Lóránd Eötvös University of Sciencess on June 9.