Art nouveau / Gabriele Fahr-Becker ; [translation from the German Paul Aston, Ruth Chitty, Karen Williams].

Main entry:

Fahr-Becker, Gabriele, 1946-

Title & Author:

Art nouveau / Gabriele Fahr-Becker ; [translation from the German Paul Aston, Ruth Chitty, Karen Williams].

Publication:

Description:

425 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index.
The final chord and a new beginning. Introduction -- England. Ruskin, Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites -- Glasgow. The blossoming interior design -- Paris. World exposition and the bourgeoisie -- Nancy. The langauge of flora and faunta -- Belgium. The new architecture -- The Netherlands. Abstract line and De Stijl -- Italy and Russia. A step into the future -- Barcelona. Architecture as a natural phenomenon -- Munich. Capital of arts and crafts -- Darmstadt. Revolution and art -- Berlin. German factories and workshops -- Scandinavia: National consciousness in the "Light of the North" -- New York and Chicago. Form follows function -- Vienna. End of an era -- The Wiener Werkstätte. The total work of art accomplished -- Appendix.

Summary:

The unity of art and life was the goal of the Art Nouveau movement, the prelude to modernity. On the basis of shared ideas, its adherents strove for a homogenous style, which nonetheless took on manifold variations in its expression. Dr. Gabriele Fahr-Becker explores this artistic movement in architecture, interior decor, furniture design, silver and gold smithery, ceramics and glasswork, graphic arts and painting. The author leads her readers through the diverse national variations of Art Nouveau in Europe and the United States. The significance of the literary and philosophical as well as cultural and political background is explained by means of many theories and writings by artists and their contemporaries. The countless permutations of Art Nouveau are woven into a complex and yet distinctive picture of this artistic movement at the turn of the twentieth century.

ISBN:

3895084441
9783895084447
389508445X (hdbd.)
9783895084454 (hdbd.)

Subject:

Art nouveau.
Decoration and ornament Art nouveau.
Décoration et ornement Art nouveau.
Art Nouveau.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193581
Call No.: ID N6465.A7.F34; ID:97-B4632
Status: Available

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