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Beschreibung
Straddling two World Wars and the Great Depression, ushering in the Jazz Age and the era of the automobile and skyscraper, fomenting in the great cities of Europe and America and shaping everything from the Golden Gate Bridge to the humble desk lamp, the story of Art Deco is the story of our modern world. In this book, the most comprehensive account of the decorative arts of the Art Deco period ever assembled, Alastair Duncan celebrates the style's rich variety of form and its diverse international roots as the very factors that make it a perennial favourite of modern collectors and designers. Sumptuously illustrated and written by one of the world's leading experts, Art Deco Complete will be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.
Straddling two World Wars and the Great Depression, ushering in the Jazz Age and the era of the automobile and skyscraper, fomenting in the great cities of Europe and America and shaping everything from the Golden Gate Bridge to the humble desk lamp, the story of Art Deco is the story of our modern world. In this book, the most comprehensive account of the decorative arts of the Art Deco period ever assembled, Alastair Duncan celebrates the style's rich variety of form and its diverse international roots as the very factors that make it a perennial favourite of modern collectors and designers. Sumptuously illustrated and written by one of the world's leading experts, Art Deco Complete will be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.
Zusammenfassung
Alastair Duncan is the authorof Art Deco Complete, American Art Deco,Art Deco and Art Deco Furniture, allpublished by Thames & Hudson. / Alastair Duncan arbeitete viele Jahre beim renommierten New Yorker Auktionshaus Christie's, bevor er sich als Sachverständiger, Gutachter und Autor mit dem Fachgebiet dekorative Künste des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts selbstständig machte. Zum Thema "Art deco" ist er einer der angesehensten Fachleute weltweit und hat dazu bereits zahlreiche Artikel und Bücher publiziert.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - Media and Masters: Furniture and Interior Decoration Sculpture - Paintings, Graphics, Posters, Bookbinding - Glass Ceramics - Lighting - Textiles - Silver, Metal, Lacquer and Enamel Jewelry - A-Z of Artists, Designers and Manufacturers
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780500238554
ISBN-10: 0500238553
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Duncan, Alastair
Hersteller: Thames & Hudson
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Abbildungen: with over 1000 illustrations in colour and black and white
Maße: 315 x 249 x 50 mm
Von/Mit: Alastair Duncan
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2009
Gewicht: 3,63 kg
Artikel-ID: 121211225

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