Designing Modernity: The Arts of Reform and Persuasion, 1885-1945: Selections from the Wolfsonian

By Wendy (editor) Kaplan

Book Overview

One of the critical formative influences of the 20th century has been the response to modernity. In the struggle between modern and anti-modern forces, between progressiveness and reaction, design has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500237069
• ISBN13: 9780500237069
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 5.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.2" x 11.4"

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A big, handsome, square trade paperback, 352 pp on heavy paper. About 375-400 illustrations, about half b & w and half color. Checklist of Objects, Index, over 20 pp of bibliographic information. 10 Essays, including: "Traditions Transformed: Romantic Nationalism in Design, 1890-1920" by Wendy Kaplan "The Decorative Arts in Amsterdam 1890-1930" by Ellinoor Bergvelt "Domesticating Modernity: Ambivalance and Appropriation, 1920-1940" by Jeffery L. Meikle "Forging Modern Italy: From Wrought Iron to Aluminim" by Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino "Political Things: Design in Fascist Italy" by Dennis P. Doordan "Design in Inter-War Germany" by John Heskett