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Designing Modernity: The Arts of Reform and Persuasion, 1885-1945
by KIaplan, Wendy (Editor)
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- VG-. May have slight damage to front cover along right edge. Bottom corners slightly bent. Clean contents.
- ISBN 10
- 0500237069
- ISBN 13
- 9780500237069
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New York / Miami Beach, FL: Thames and Hudson / Wolfsonian Foundation, 1995. Softcover. VG-. May have slight damage to front cover along right edge. Bottom corners slightly bent. Clean contents.. Grey silverish wraps with color illustration. 352 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Edited by Wendy Kaplan, this catalogue was prepared to accompany the inaugural exhibition of the Wolfsonian. Contents read as follows:
Traditions transformed : romantic nationalism in design, 1890-1920 / Wendy Kaplan --
Germany design and national identity, 1890-1918 / Laurie A. Stein with contributions by Irmela Franzke --
The decorative arts in Amsterdam, 1890-1930 / Ellinoor Bergvelt --
The English compromise : modern design and national consciousness, 1870-1940 / Paul Greenhalgh --
Domesticating modernity : ambivalence and appropriation, 1920-1940 / Jeffrey L. Meikle --
Forging modern Italy : from wrought iron to aluminum / Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino --
A "return to order" : issues of the vernacular and the classical in Italian inter-war design / Marianne Lamonaca --
Political things : design in fascist Italy / Dennis P. Doordan --
Design in inter-war Germany / John Heskett --
Emblems of production : workers in German, Italian, and American art during the 1930s / Bernard F. Reilly, Jr.
Traditions transformed : romantic nationalism in design, 1890-1920 / Wendy Kaplan --
Germany design and national identity, 1890-1918 / Laurie A. Stein with contributions by Irmela Franzke --
The decorative arts in Amsterdam, 1890-1930 / Ellinoor Bergvelt --
The English compromise : modern design and national consciousness, 1870-1940 / Paul Greenhalgh --
Domesticating modernity : ambivalence and appropriation, 1920-1940 / Jeffrey L. Meikle --
Forging modern Italy : from wrought iron to aluminum / Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino --
A "return to order" : issues of the vernacular and the classical in Italian inter-war design / Marianne Lamonaca --
Political things : design in fascist Italy / Dennis P. Doordan --
Design in inter-war Germany / John Heskett --
Emblems of production : workers in German, Italian, and American art during the 1930s / Bernard F. Reilly, Jr.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21969
- Title
- Designing Modernity: The Arts of Reform and Persuasion, 1885-1945
- Author
- KIaplan, Wendy (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-. May have slight damage to front cover along right edge. Bottom corners slightly bent. Clean contents.
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0500237069
- ISBN 13
- 9780500237069
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson / Wolfsonian Foundation
- Place of Publication
- New York / Miami Beach, FL
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- European Decorative Arts ; Modern Design ; ;
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