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Decorative Art 50s

Door Charlotte Fiell e.a.

Categorie
Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer
#362425-ZE14
Titel
Decorative Art 50s
Auteur
Fiell, Charlotte & Peter Fiell
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Taschen
Jaar van uitgave
2013
ISBN10
383654458X
ISBN13
9783836544580
Taal
Duits
Beschrijving
Original boards, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Published annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the now hard-to-find yearbooks have become highly prized by collectors and dealers. TASCHEN's Decorative Art 50s explores the spirit of optimism and the fervent consumerism of the decade. Technology and construction had been enervated by research during the war and these discoveries could now be applied in peacetime. The popularization of plastics, fiberglass, and latex literally shaped the decade. Rising incomes and postwar rebuilding on both sides of the Atlantic led to a massive housing boom in both the suburbs and inner cities, and these n... (Lees verder)ew homes reflected the new style. While European design was extraordinarily inventive, American design was looking to an idealized vision of the future-between them a modern idiom was developed that can be seen vividly on these pages. This overview of the decade includes the work of such famous innovators as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Hans Wegner, and Gio Ponti. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!
Pagina's
576
Conditie
Goed — Still shrinkwrapped.
Prijs
€ 20,00

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