History of modern furniture / Karl Mang ; translated by John William Gabriel.

Main entry:

Mang, Karl, 1922-2015.

Title & Author:

History of modern furniture / Karl Mang ; translated by John William Gabriel.

Publication:

Description:

185 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Geschichte des modernen Möbels.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt.1: Anonymous Furniture in the Nineteenth Century -- Harbingers of the Machine Aesthetic
Chiavari's "Campanino" -- or, How to Improve on a Traditional Form
Art Nouveau -- Overcoming Historicism
Beyond Art Nouveau -- Antoni Gaudi, Frank Lloyd Wright, Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos
From Arts and Crafts to Werkbund -- the Idea of Community
De Stijl Furniture -- Theory Become Concrete
The Bauhaus -- Synthesis of Art, Craftsmanship, and Industry
Furniture of the International Style -- Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier
Pt.4: Scandinavian Furniture -- from Anonymity to World Renwon
Alvar Aalto -- Fantasy and Construction in Wood
Also issued online.

Summary:

Designers include: Michael Thonet, Otto Wagner, Alvar Aalto, Victor Horta, Henry van de Velde, Peter Behrens, Marcel Breuer, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinin, Hans Wegner, Joe Colombo, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Josef Hoffmann, George Nelson [and others.].

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0810910667
9780810910669

Subject:

Furniture History 19th century.
Furniture History 20th century.
Meubles Histoire 19e siècle.
Meubles Histoire 20e siècle.
Furniture.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Gabriel, John William, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 16865
Call No.: 3030; ID:87-B16313
Status: Available

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