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The Pattern and Decoration movement emerged in the 1970s as an embrace of long-dismissed art forms associated with the decorative. Pioneering artists such as Miriam Schapiro, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, and others appropriated patterns, frequently from non-Western decorative arts, to produce intricate, often dizzying or gaudy designs in media ranging from painting,(...)
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The Pattern and Decoration movement emerged in the 1970s as an embrace of long-dismissed art forms associated with the decorative. Pioneering artists such as Miriam Schapiro, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, and others appropriated patterns, frequently from non-Western decorative arts, to produce intricate, often dizzying or gaudy designs in media ranging from painting,(...)
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With pleasure : Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985
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The Pattern and Decoration movement emerged in the 1970s as an embrace of long-dismissed art forms associated with the decorative. Pioneering artists such as Miriam Schapiro, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, and others appropriated patterns, frequently from non-Western decorative arts, to produce intricate, often dizzying or gaudy designs in media ranging from painting, sculpture, and collage to ceramics, installation art, and performance. This book showcases works by more than 40 artists from across the United States, examining the movement’s defiant adoption of art forms traditionally viewed as feminine, craft-based, or otherwise inferior to fine art.
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The Pattern and Decoration movement emerged in the 1970s as an embrace of long-dismissed art forms associated with the decorative. Pioneering artists such as Miriam Schapiro, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, and others appropriated patterns, frequently from non-Western decorative arts, to produce intricate, often dizzying or gaudy designs in media ranging from painting, sculpture, and collage to ceramics, installation art, and performance. This book showcases works by more than 40 artists from across the United States, examining the movement’s defiant adoption of art forms traditionally viewed as feminine, craft-based, or otherwise inferior to fine art.
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Respected as the international authority on architecture and design, ''Architectural Digest'' magazine gives readers an exclusive look into the most spectacular properties and private homes of celebrities and cultural figures, highlighting the work of the world's top architects, designers, and interior decorators. This volume celebrates the evolution of the revered(...)
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Respected as the international authority on architecture and design, ''Architectural Digest'' magazine gives readers an exclusive look into the most spectacular properties and private homes of celebrities and cultural figures, highlighting the work of the world's top architects, designers, and interior decorators. This volume celebrates the evolution of the revered(...)
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Architectural Digest: Autobiography of a magazine, 1920-2010
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Respected as the international authority on architecture and design, ''Architectural Digest'' magazine gives readers an exclusive look into the most spectacular properties and private homes of celebrities and cultural figures, highlighting the work of the world's top architects, designers, and interior decorators. This volume celebrates the evolution of the revered magazine as told through the voice of its legendary editor for four decades, Paige Rense. An epic visual history of the magazine's meteoric rise penned by Rense, this volume documents exclusively and intimately the renowned magazine's history and cultural significance, and celebration of the ever evolving homes and lifestyles. This volume is full of candid recollections, commentary, archival covers, and interior shots of the magazine and also features the work of the world's top architects and interior designers such as Mario Buatta, Philip Johnson, Tony Duquette, and Sally Sirkin Lewis, as well as the homes of celebrities like Truman Capote, Sonny & Cher, Elton John, Diane Keaton and Ralph Lauren. Each chapter, written in the first person--is followed by lavishly illustrated anecdotes from Rense's memories of past issues. As the editor who gave readers a glimpse into the most enviable homes around the world, Rense is uniquely qualified to tell the story of ''Architectural Digest,'' a tale that her nearly one million loyal fans and readers of the magazine will be eager to read.
Architectural Digest: Autobiography of a magazine, 1920-2010
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Respected as the international authority on architecture and design, ''Architectural Digest'' magazine gives readers an exclusive look into the most spectacular properties and private homes of celebrities and cultural figures, highlighting the work of the world's top architects, designers, and interior decorators. This volume celebrates the evolution of the revered magazine as told through the voice of its legendary editor for four decades, Paige Rense. An epic visual history of the magazine's meteoric rise penned by Rense, this volume documents exclusively and intimately the renowned magazine's history and cultural significance, and celebration of the ever evolving homes and lifestyles. This volume is full of candid recollections, commentary, archival covers, and interior shots of the magazine and also features the work of the world's top architects and interior designers such as Mario Buatta, Philip Johnson, Tony Duquette, and Sally Sirkin Lewis, as well as the homes of celebrities like Truman Capote, Sonny & Cher, Elton John, Diane Keaton and Ralph Lauren. Each chapter, written in the first person--is followed by lavishly illustrated anecdotes from Rense's memories of past issues. As the editor who gave readers a glimpse into the most enviable homes around the world, Rense is uniquely qualified to tell the story of ''Architectural Digest,'' a tale that her nearly one million loyal fans and readers of the magazine will be eager to read.
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In 1938, Vienna lost its best and most creative minds. This rupture was manifested in all of the arts and sciences and its mark is felt to this day – not least in the field of furniture design. With inexhaustible creativity the Jewish furniture designers who were forced to flee Vienna continued to work while in exile. They taught at the best universities and spread their(...)
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In 1938, Vienna lost its best and most creative minds. This rupture was manifested in all of the arts and sciences and its mark is felt to this day – not least in the field of furniture design. With inexhaustible creativity the Jewish furniture designers who were forced to flee Vienna continued to work while in exile. They taught at the best universities and spread their(...)
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Mid-century modern: Visionary furniture design from Vienna
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In 1938, Vienna lost its best and most creative minds. This rupture was manifested in all of the arts and sciences and its mark is felt to this day – not least in the field of furniture design. With inexhaustible creativity the Jewish furniture designers who were forced to flee Vienna continued to work while in exile. They taught at the best universities and spread their ideas and vision throughout the entire world. Their creations became classics of twentieth-century furniture design, the epitome of mid-century modern style. This book honors the memory of the exiled designers with a thorough overview of their work. It details their life stories and their visionary designs, which remain as relevant and contemporary as ever, and brings to light new aspects of the history of Viennese furniture design.
Mid-century modern: Visionary furniture design from Vienna
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In 1938, Vienna lost its best and most creative minds. This rupture was manifested in all of the arts and sciences and its mark is felt to this day – not least in the field of furniture design. With inexhaustible creativity the Jewish furniture designers who were forced to flee Vienna continued to work while in exile. They taught at the best universities and spread their ideas and vision throughout the entire world. Their creations became classics of twentieth-century furniture design, the epitome of mid-century modern style. This book honors the memory of the exiled designers with a thorough overview of their work. It details their life stories and their visionary designs, which remain as relevant and contemporary as ever, and brings to light new aspects of the history of Viennese furniture design.
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Le design contemporain, quel intérêt ? Le design contemporain, c’est quoi ? Retenir quelques dates repères Ils l’ont fait pour la première fois Connaître les mots clés. Comment approcher le design contemporain ? Renouer les fils avec le passé. Changer sa façon de voir...
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Le design contemporain, quel intérêt ? Le design contemporain, c’est quoi ? Retenir quelques dates repères Ils l’ont fait pour la première fois Connaître les mots clés. Comment approcher le design contemporain ? Renouer les fils avec le passé. Changer sa façon de voir...
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Design contemporain : le guide
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Le design contemporain, quel intérêt ? Le design contemporain, c’est quoi ? Retenir quelques dates repères Ils l’ont fait pour la première fois Connaître les mots clés. Comment approcher le design contemporain ? Renouer les fils avec le passé. Changer sa façon de voir...
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Le design contemporain, quel intérêt ? Le design contemporain, c’est quoi ? Retenir quelques dates repères Ils l’ont fait pour la première fois Connaître les mots clés. Comment approcher le design contemporain ? Renouer les fils avec le passé. Changer sa façon de voir...
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Beirut: The eras of design
Beirut: The eras of design
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This publication analyzes Lebanon’s unique situation—a convergence of economic and architectural reconstruction, social awareness and international development. It also testifies to the designers’ determination to take ownership of their destiny and image by presenting objects and forms that are simultaneously aware of their diverse heritage and are deeply rooted in a(...)
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This publication analyzes Lebanon’s unique situation—a convergence of economic and architectural reconstruction, social awareness and international development. It also testifies to the designers’ determination to take ownership of their destiny and image by presenting objects and forms that are simultaneously aware of their diverse heritage and are deeply rooted in a(...)
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September 2022
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Beirut: The eras of design
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This publication analyzes Lebanon’s unique situation—a convergence of economic and architectural reconstruction, social awareness and international development. It also testifies to the designers’ determination to take ownership of their destiny and image by presenting objects and forms that are simultaneously aware of their diverse heritage and are deeply rooted in a complex reality. Prior to the development of this exhibition and publication project, no extensive research has been undertaken on the history of design in Lebanon. This book aims to fill that gap, presenting the state of design based on extensive documentation. It is the first retrospective on design in Lebanon, from the 1920s until today, includes works by over 50 designers, uncovering this major design scene in the Middle-East.
Beirut: The eras of design
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This publication analyzes Lebanon’s unique situation—a convergence of economic and architectural reconstruction, social awareness and international development. It also testifies to the designers’ determination to take ownership of their destiny and image by presenting objects and forms that are simultaneously aware of their diverse heritage and are deeply rooted in a complex reality. Prior to the development of this exhibition and publication project, no extensive research has been undertaken on the history of design in Lebanon. This book aims to fill that gap, presenting the state of design based on extensive documentation. It is the first retrospective on design in Lebanon, from the 1920s until today, includes works by over 50 designers, uncovering this major design scene in the Middle-East.
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September 2022
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Après l'Art Nouveau et l'Art Déco, est fondée en 1929 l'U.A.M. (Union des Artistes modernes) qui réunit tous les grands créateurs de l'époque. L' « équipement » moderne se substitue à l'ornementation des salons décorés de « bibelots ». Il s'agit à présent de « désencombrer » l'espace intérieur.. A travers une quinzaine d'essais d'historiens de l'art, ce catalogue explore(...)
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Après l'Art Nouveau et l'Art Déco, est fondée en 1929 l'U.A.M. (Union des Artistes modernes) qui réunit tous les grands créateurs de l'époque. L' « équipement » moderne se substitue à l'ornementation des salons décorés de « bibelots ». Il s'agit à présent de « désencombrer » l'espace intérieur.. A travers une quinzaine d'essais d'historiens de l'art, ce catalogue explore(...)
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Intérieurs modernes 1920-1930
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Après l'Art Nouveau et l'Art Déco, est fondée en 1929 l'U.A.M. (Union des Artistes modernes) qui réunit tous les grands créateurs de l'époque. L' « équipement » moderne se substitue à l'ornementation des salons décorés de « bibelots ». Il s'agit à présent de « désencombrer » l'espace intérieur.. A travers une quinzaine d'essais d'historiens de l'art, ce catalogue explore toutes les facettes de l'intérieur moderne en France dans les années 1920-1930 : son héritage des arts décoratifs, son articulation avec les avant-gardes internationales, tel que le Bauhaus ; sa dimension syncrétique impliquant toutes les dimensions de la création ; l'esthétique de la machine et les métaphores de la modernité tel que le paquebot ; la nature comme artifice décoratif. Trois créations architecturales majeures sont également analysées : la villa Noailles de Robert Mallet-Stevens, la Maison de Verre de Pierre Chareau et la villa E-1027 d'Eileen Gray. Enfin, entre design et mode, la mise en mouvement des corps redessine également une nouvelle figure de la femme moderne, aux avant-postes de la création. La transformation de l'espace intérieur trouvera également dans le cinéma un dispositif d'exposition et un outil de communication privilégié de ces changements de paradigme dans la perception de l'intérieur. Le catalogue qui explore une décennie de design met en avant la richesse de la collection du Musée national d'art moderne qui prête l'essentiel des œuvres et des objets de l'exposition.
Intérieurs modernes 1920-1930
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Après l'Art Nouveau et l'Art Déco, est fondée en 1929 l'U.A.M. (Union des Artistes modernes) qui réunit tous les grands créateurs de l'époque. L' « équipement » moderne se substitue à l'ornementation des salons décorés de « bibelots ». Il s'agit à présent de « désencombrer » l'espace intérieur.. A travers une quinzaine d'essais d'historiens de l'art, ce catalogue explore toutes les facettes de l'intérieur moderne en France dans les années 1920-1930 : son héritage des arts décoratifs, son articulation avec les avant-gardes internationales, tel que le Bauhaus ; sa dimension syncrétique impliquant toutes les dimensions de la création ; l'esthétique de la machine et les métaphores de la modernité tel que le paquebot ; la nature comme artifice décoratif. Trois créations architecturales majeures sont également analysées : la villa Noailles de Robert Mallet-Stevens, la Maison de Verre de Pierre Chareau et la villa E-1027 d'Eileen Gray. Enfin, entre design et mode, la mise en mouvement des corps redessine également une nouvelle figure de la femme moderne, aux avant-postes de la création. La transformation de l'espace intérieur trouvera également dans le cinéma un dispositif d'exposition et un outil de communication privilégié de ces changements de paradigme dans la perception de l'intérieur. Le catalogue qui explore une décennie de design met en avant la richesse de la collection du Musée national d'art moderne qui prête l'essentiel des œuvres et des objets de l'exposition.
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October 2022
October 2022
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Icônes du mobilier moderne
Icônes du mobilier moderne
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L'époque du milieu des années 1940 au début des années 1970 est pour le mobilier et la décoration intérieure l’une des plus prolifiques, novatrices et passionnantes. Optimisme de l’après-guerre, formes nouvelles de logement, innovations dans les méthodes de fabrication et l’emploi des matériaux : tout concourt au dynamisme de la création pour la maison. Du fauteuil à la(...)
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L'époque du milieu des années 1940 au début des années 1970 est pour le mobilier et la décoration intérieure l’une des plus prolifiques, novatrices et passionnantes. Optimisme de l’après-guerre, formes nouvelles de logement, innovations dans les méthodes de fabrication et l’emploi des matériaux : tout concourt au dynamisme de la création pour la maison. Du fauteuil à la(...)
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Icônes du mobilier moderne
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L'époque du milieu des années 1940 au début des années 1970 est pour le mobilier et la décoration intérieure l’une des plus prolifiques, novatrices et passionnantes. Optimisme de l’après-guerre, formes nouvelles de logement, innovations dans les méthodes de fabrication et l’emploi des matériaux : tout concourt au dynamisme de la création pour la maison. Du fauteuil à la chaise longue, en passant par le meuble de rangement et la table de chevet, cet ouvrage complet et richement illustré offre un vaste panorama du mobilier moderne de cette période, réunissant des centaines de meubles réalisés par des créateurs et des créatrices du monde entier, célèbres ou méconnus. Tous les collectionneurs et amateurs de ce design intemporel trouveront en Icônes du mobilier moderne un ouvrage de référence.
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L'époque du milieu des années 1940 au début des années 1970 est pour le mobilier et la décoration intérieure l’une des plus prolifiques, novatrices et passionnantes. Optimisme de l’après-guerre, formes nouvelles de logement, innovations dans les méthodes de fabrication et l’emploi des matériaux : tout concourt au dynamisme de la création pour la maison. Du fauteuil à la chaise longue, en passant par le meuble de rangement et la table de chevet, cet ouvrage complet et richement illustré offre un vaste panorama du mobilier moderne de cette période, réunissant des centaines de meubles réalisés par des créateurs et des créatrices du monde entier, célèbres ou méconnus. Tous les collectionneurs et amateurs de ce design intemporel trouveront en Icônes du mobilier moderne un ouvrage de référence.
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January 2023
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In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published The Century of the Child, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development and well-being of children. Taking inspiration from Key-and looking back through the twentieth century-this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at(...)
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In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published The Century of the Child, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development and well-being of children. Taking inspiration from Key-and looking back through the twentieth century-this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at(...)
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Century of the child: growing by design 1900-2000
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In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published The Century of the Child, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development and well-being of children. Taking inspiration from Key-and looking back through the twentieth century-this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, examines individual and collective visions for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the "citizens of the future" to the dark realities of political conflict and exploitation. Surveying more than 100 years of toys, clothing, playgrounds, schools, children's hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books, this illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and, conversely, how models of children's play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking-engendering, in the process, reappraisals of some of the iconic names in twentieth-century design and enriching the unfolding narrative of modern design with other, less familiar figures.
Century of the child: growing by design 1900-2000
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In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published The Century of the Child, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development and well-being of children. Taking inspiration from Key-and looking back through the twentieth century-this volume, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, examines individual and collective visions for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the "citizens of the future" to the dark realities of political conflict and exploitation. Surveying more than 100 years of toys, clothing, playgrounds, schools, children's hospitals, nurseries, furniture, posters, animation and books, this illustrated catalogue illuminates how progressive design has enhanced the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and, conversely, how models of children's play have informed experimental aesthetics and imaginative design thinking-engendering, in the process, reappraisals of some of the iconic names in twentieth-century design and enriching the unfolding narrative of modern design with other, less familiar figures.
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July 2012
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Ce catalogue se parcourt comme un récit, comme une partition, une composition d'auteur qui s'adresse tout particulièrement aux nouvelles générations, les plus jeunes, celles qui - comme le disait Bruno Munari - représentent le futur. La Massimo & Sonia Cirulli Archive, fondée à New York en 1985, a pour objet le made in Italy au XXe siècle à travers l'art, le design, la(...)
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Ce catalogue se parcourt comme un récit, comme une partition, une composition d'auteur qui s'adresse tout particulièrement aux nouvelles générations, les plus jeunes, celles qui - comme le disait Bruno Munari - représentent le futur. La Massimo & Sonia Cirulli Archive, fondée à New York en 1985, a pour objet le made in Italy au XXe siècle à travers l'art, le design, la(...)
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March 2012
March 2012
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Lo stile italiano : arte e design / Le style italien : art et design / Italian style : art and design
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Ce catalogue se parcourt comme un récit, comme une partition, une composition d'auteur qui s'adresse tout particulièrement aux nouvelles générations, les plus jeunes, celles qui - comme le disait Bruno Munari - représentent le futur. La Massimo & Sonia Cirulli Archive, fondée à New York en 1985, a pour objet le made in Italy au XXe siècle à travers l'art, le design, la publicité et la photographie. Avec plus de deux cent mille oeuvres, elle est considérée comme la plus importante archive historique privée d'art italien. Depuis plus de vingt ans, elle poursuit sa mission en racontant l'Italie et le faire italien dans les musées du monde entier.
Lo stile italiano : arte e design / Le style italien : art et design / Italian style : art and design
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Ce catalogue se parcourt comme un récit, comme une partition, une composition d'auteur qui s'adresse tout particulièrement aux nouvelles générations, les plus jeunes, celles qui - comme le disait Bruno Munari - représentent le futur. La Massimo & Sonia Cirulli Archive, fondée à New York en 1985, a pour objet le made in Italy au XXe siècle à travers l'art, le design, la publicité et la photographie. Avec plus de deux cent mille oeuvres, elle est considérée comme la plus importante archive historique privée d'art italien. Depuis plus de vingt ans, elle poursuit sa mission en racontant l'Italie et le faire italien dans les musées du monde entier.
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Modernity took many forms in 1930s Japan, but in the tumultuous years before militarism pushed the country toward global aggression, it was most visibly associated with a glittering consumer culture. Inundated with western jazz-age trends and new technologies, Japan’s big cities, especially Tokyo, offered the most enticing attractions to a newly liberated generation:(...)
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Modernity took many forms in 1930s Japan, but in the tumultuous years before militarism pushed the country toward global aggression, it was most visibly associated with a glittering consumer culture. Inundated with western jazz-age trends and new technologies, Japan’s big cities, especially Tokyo, offered the most enticing attractions to a newly liberated generation:(...)
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The brittle decade: visualizing Japan in the 1930s
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Modernity took many forms in 1930s Japan, but in the tumultuous years before militarism pushed the country toward global aggression, it was most visibly associated with a glittering consumer culture. Inundated with western jazz-age trends and new technologies, Japan’s big cities, especially Tokyo, offered the most enticing attractions to a newly liberated generation: bustling streets of department stores, cafés and teahouses, movie theaters and ballroom dance halls. Modern architecture, industrial design and fashion overshadowed traditional arts as Japan strove to take its place in a cosmopolitan world. The Brittle Years examines the different ways in which designers and artists visualized what it meant to be modern in Japan in the years leading up to World War II. Its 160 full-color illustrations of paintings, textiles and graphic arts are astonishing not only for their great visual impact but also for the insight they provide into a rapidly transforming nation.
The brittle decade: visualizing Japan in the 1930s
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Modernity took many forms in 1930s Japan, but in the tumultuous years before militarism pushed the country toward global aggression, it was most visibly associated with a glittering consumer culture. Inundated with western jazz-age trends and new technologies, Japan’s big cities, especially Tokyo, offered the most enticing attractions to a newly liberated generation: bustling streets of department stores, cafés and teahouses, movie theaters and ballroom dance halls. Modern architecture, industrial design and fashion overshadowed traditional arts as Japan strove to take its place in a cosmopolitan world. The Brittle Years examines the different ways in which designers and artists visualized what it meant to be modern in Japan in the years leading up to World War II. Its 160 full-color illustrations of paintings, textiles and graphic arts are astonishing not only for their great visual impact but also for the insight they provide into a rapidly transforming nation.
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