Designing modernity : the arts of reform and persuasion, 1885-1945 : selections from the Wolfsonian.
Publisher:
New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, ©1995.
Summary:
Written by leading social
and art historians, this book examines how political, industrial and
cultural leaders have used design. With photographs of fascinating and
often unfamiliar objects, it| ISBN: | 0500237069 9780500237069 |
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| Description: | 352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents: | Confronting modernity: traditions transformed - romantic nationalism in design, 1890-1920; German design and national identity, 1890-1918; the decorative arts in Amsterdam, 1890-1930; the English compromise - modern design and national consciousness, 1870-1940. Celebrating modernity: domesticating modernity - ambivalence and appropriation, 1920-1940; forging modern Italy; a "return to order" - issues of the vernacular and the classical in Italian inter-war design. Manipulating modernity - political persuasion: political things - design in Fascist Italy; design in inter-war Germany; emblems of production - workers in German, Italian and American art during the 1930's. |
| Other Titles: | Arts of reform and persuasion, 1885-1945 |
| Responsibility: | edited by Wendy Kaplan. |