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Art Nouveau: Between Modernism and Romantic Nationalism; 20th Century Decorative Arts by Matteo Fochessati
Category: Art and Design | Series: Twentieth-Century Decorative and Applied Arts Ser.
Nurtured by the aesthetic-social critique undertaken by the British Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau contrasted the heaviness of mechanical production with the ingenious elegance of forms inspired by pure and alluring lines, based on plant forms. Enlivened by nostalgic fin de siecle decadence, the ...Show more
Decorative Art 60s by Charlotte and Peter Fiell
Category: Poetry | Series: Decorative Arts S.
Taschen's "Decorative Arts" series, whose six installments span the 20th century up through the 1970s, carefully reproduces the best of "Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook". Published annually from 1906 until 1980, the yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, ...Show more
Georg Jensen Jewelry by TAYLOR D
Category: Fiction | Series: Published in Association with the Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture
The Danish silversmith Georg Jensen (1866 - 1935) first established a worldwide reputation as a designer of flatware, hollowware, and jewellery in the arts and crafts idiom of the early twentieth century, then went on to become a foremost international designer of elegant and refined silver creations in ...Show more
History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000 by Pat Kirkham
Category: Art and Design | Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture S.
Spanning six centuries of global design, this far-reaching survey is the first to offer an account of the vast history of decorative arts and design produced in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Islamic world, from 1400 to the present. Meticulously documented and lavis ...Show more
KNOLL TEXTILES 1945-2010 by MARTIN EARL
Category: unmapped | Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture S.
In 1940, Hans Knoll founded a company in New York that soon earned a reputation for its progressive line of furniture. Florence Schust joined the firm and helped establish its interior design division, the Knoll Planning Unit. In 1947, the year after their marriage, Hans and Florence Knoll added a third ...Show more
Marimekko Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture by Marianne Aav
Category: Art and Design | Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture S.
Founded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environment. This book - the first comprehensive study of Mar ...Show more
Sheila Hicks: Weaving as Metaphor by Nina Stritzler-Levine
Category: Craft | Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture
This intriguing book examines the small woven and wrought works artist Sheila Hicks has produced for the past fifty years. With their distinctive colors, thoughtful compositions, and narrative, these miniature creations reveal the emergence and continuity of the artist's approach to her work. Internatio ...Show more
Swedish Wooden Toys by Amy F. Ogata
Category: Design | Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture S.
Combining the best of Scandinavian design with a plentiful indigenous supply of trees, the Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colourful, quality wooden items. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned photography, looks at over 100 years of Swedish toys, fro ...Show more
William Kent : Designing Georgian Britain by Susan Weber (ed)
Category: Architecture | Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture S.
The most versatile British designer of the eighteenth century, William Kent (1685-1748) created a style for a new nation and monarchy. The scope of his achievements encompasses architecture, palatial interiors, elaborate gardens and exquisite furniture. Among his creative innovations are bold combinatio ...Show more
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