Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960 books

This sumptuous art book offers a unique perspective on the Impressionist achievement, celebrating the magic of the...  Read More >>

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The eighteenth century epitomized aesthetic perfection through landmarks like Versailles and the opulence of Marie-Antoinette's...  Read More >>

Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting,...  Read More >>

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Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting,...  Read More >>

Studies the shared artistic traditions of Scotland and Ireland, from the medieval to the modern  Read More >>

In a time like our own, where a young generation feels a great need to change our way of living, thinking and organizing...  Read More >>

“It was simple furniture ... and we were makers of it.” ""In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers and his...  Read More >>

Rewrites the history of architectural modernism for an age of environmental crisis and enduring colonialism.  Read More >>

The life and times of extraordinary Philadelphia art collector Albert C. Barnes Philadelphia art collector Albert...  Read More >>

Rewrites the history of architectural modernism for an age of environmental crisis and enduring colonialism.  Read More >>

The life and times of extraordinary Philadelphia art collector Albert C. Barnes Philadelphia art collector Albert...  Read More >>

An original interpretation of the final years of Van Gogh’s career, exploring the people and places that take over...  Read More >>

Focuses on the visual culture of the American meat industry between 1890 and 1960. Describes how, during that period,...  Read More >>

A clever collaboration between potter, Herman C. Cole, and artist and entrepreneur, Anna M. Graham, led to the creation...  Read More >>

This book is a groundbreaking bottom-up history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, exploring both its triumphs and...  Read More >>

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A new history of Futurism and its fraught ideological ambitions, centered on sculptural experimentation  Read More >>

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How San Franciscans exploited natural resources such as redwood lumber to produce the first major metropolis of...  Read More >>

Through panoramas of mood, ideas, and emotions, Expressionism stands as one of the most reactionary and influential...  Read More >>

The artistic society known as ""Groupe de Saint-Luc"" left its mark on the artistic and cultural heritage of Switzerland,...  Read More >>

This volume analyzes the post-WWII artistic initiatives via in-depth case studies of the complex, often interconnected,...  Read More >>

""Long considered the father of the skyscraper, Louis Henry Sullivan (1856-1924) first came to wide attention in...  Read More >>