Main entry:

Johnson, J. Stewart., author. aut

Title & Author:

American modern, 1925-1940 : design for a new age / by J. Stewart Johnson.

Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in association with the American Federation of Arts, 2000.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
"This catalogue has been published in conjunction with American Modern, 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, an exhibition organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Federation of Arts ..."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Design for a New Age / J. Stewart Johnson -- Catalogue. Art Deco. Skyscrapers. The Graphic Image. Penthouse. Geometries. Streamlined. Beyond Modernism.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"In the period between the landmark 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Moderns in Paris, which launched the Art Deco movement, and the outbreak of World War II, a pioneer group of designers, architects, and artists forged a new American design aesthetic. Their work moved away from the decorative French mode toward the clean lines and geometric forms of German and Scandinavian functionalism, finally attaining its unmistakably American, undeniably modern style." "American Modern 1925-1940: Deign for a New Age presents more than 125 important works by some fifty designers who led this movement, among them Norman Bel Geddes, Donald Deskey, Henry Dreyfuss, Paul Frankl, William Lescaze, Raymond Loewy, Gilbert Rohde, Eliel Saarinen, Walter Dorwin Teague, Kem Weber, and Russel Wright. Featured are a wide array of objects - furniture, glassware, ceramics, textiles, metalwork, light fixtures, household appliances, and graphic arts - which are distinguished by the absence of traditional ornament, the use of new technologies and materials, and the application of techniques of mass production to create affordable objects for an expanding middle class."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0810942089
9780810942080
1885444125
9781885444127

Subject:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Exhibitions.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibitions.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Expositions.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Decorative arts United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Decorative arts New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Arts décoratifs États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Arts décoratifs New York (État) New York Expositions.
Decorative arts.
New York (State) New York.
United States.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214302
Call No.: NK1404 .J6 2000
Status: Available