Modernism : designing a new world, 1914-1939 /
Designing a new world, 1914-1939
edited by Christopher Wilk.
- 447 pages : illustrations (some colors) ; 29 cm.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Apr. 6-July 23 2006, the Museum MARTa, Herford, Germany, Sept. 16, 2006-Jan. 7, 2007, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Mar. 17-July 29, 2007. Originally published: London : V & A Publications ; New York : Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-435) and index.
Introduction. What was modernism? / Christopher Wilk -- Searching for utopia / Christina Lodder -- The machine / Christopher Green -- Performing modernism / Tag Gronberg -- Building utopia / Tim Benton -- Sitting on air / Christopher Wilk -- The healthy body culture / Christopher Wilk -- Film as a modernist art / Ian Christie -- Modernism and nature / Tim Benton -- National modernisms / David Crowley -- Mass-market modernism / Ian Christie -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Index.
1851774742 1851774777 9781851774746 9781851774777
2008924020
Modernism (Art)
Modernism (Aesthetics)--20th century
Design--History--20th century
N6494.M64 / M63 2010
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Apr. 6-July 23 2006, the Museum MARTa, Herford, Germany, Sept. 16, 2006-Jan. 7, 2007, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Mar. 17-July 29, 2007. Originally published: London : V & A Publications ; New York : Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-435) and index.
Introduction. What was modernism? / Christopher Wilk -- Searching for utopia / Christina Lodder -- The machine / Christopher Green -- Performing modernism / Tag Gronberg -- Building utopia / Tim Benton -- Sitting on air / Christopher Wilk -- The healthy body culture / Christopher Wilk -- Film as a modernist art / Ian Christie -- Modernism and nature / Tim Benton -- National modernisms / David Crowley -- Mass-market modernism / Ian Christie -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Index.
1851774742 1851774777 9781851774746 9781851774777
2008924020
Modernism (Art)
Modernism (Aesthetics)--20th century
Design--History--20th century
N6494.M64 / M63 2010