Main entry:

Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983, author.

Title & Author:

Pioneers of modern design from William Morris to Walter Gropius / Nikolaus Pevsner.

Edition:

[Second edition].

Publication:

New York : Museum of Modern Art, [1949]
©1949

Description:

151 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
First edition published in 1936, has title: Pioneers of the modern movement from William Morris to Walter Gropius.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 136-145)
Theories of art from Morris to Gropius -- From 1851 to Morris and the arts and crafts -- 1890 in painting -- Art Nouveau -- Engineering and architecture in the 19th century -- England, 1890-1914 -- The modern movement before 1914.

Summary:

To understand today's architecture and design one must know something of their background and development. The history of the modern movement in architecture and design was almost an unknown field until Nikolaus Pevsner first published his Pioneers which has since been universally recognized as the standard work on the subject. Mr. Pevsner tells the exciting story of the efforts of a relatively small group of men of genius which lifted our visual concepts out of the quagmire of late Victorian historicism,and led them afresh onto the path of honesty, fitness of purpose and contemporary expression. He shows how the foundation of the best that surrounds us today was laid then by men who thought and taught as well as designed. Mr. Pevsner has re-evaluated certain phases,such as Art Nouveau, and given a new emphasis to some of the English architects of the 1880s and '90s and to such men as Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Frank Lloyd Wright. The notes to the text provide an invaluable source of reference for the more serious student in the field. Also included is a chart with the names and dates of the important architects and designers of the period covered by the book. -- from book jacket.

Subject:

Morris, William, 1834-1896.
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
Art, Modern 19th century History.
Art, Modern 20th century History.
Art 19e siècle Histoire.
Art 20e siècle Histoire.
Architecture.
architecture (discipline)
Art, Modern
Architektur
Design
Beeldende kunsten.
Bouwkunst.
Vernieuwing.

Form/genre:

Writings.
History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 38094
Call No.: NA2599.8.P5145.A35 1949
Status: Available