Цвет для глаза — что музыка для уха (Louis Comfort Tiffany)
“Color,” said Louis Comfort Tiffany , “is to the eye what music is to the ear.” Tiffany, who died on this day 85 years ago , was the son of the founder of Tiffany & Co., the famous jeweler. But the younger Tiffany found his own success as an artist and designer, most famous for his work with stained glass. Tiffany stained glass at a hotel in Mexico City. Eye Ubiquitous/UIG, via Getty Images In 1881, he helped redesign the interior of a house in Hartford, Conn., owned by Mark Twain , who was making his name after the publication of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” The work was followed a year later by a commission with a much higher profile: redecorating the White House. Chester Arthur had been thrust into office after the assassination of President James Garfield in 1881. He hired Tiffany to remodel the Executive Mansion to suit his refined tastes. Tiffany redecorated several rooms , and he also installed a large stained-glass screen in the Entr...