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Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Author
Publisher
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Pub. Date
[2015].
Description
"Presenting works by famous pioneers including Herbert Matter, Paul Rand, Paula Scher, Philippe Apeloig, and M/M (Paris), as well as rarely seen pieces by new and little-known artists from the Cooper Hewitt collection, this book explores how posters--powerful acts of visual communication--are produced and experienced."--Cover.
8) Prints
Author
Publisher
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Pub. Date
©1980
Description
Over a four-century span the art of printmaking in the West evolved from the naive woodcut of the Middle Ages to the dramatic metal engraving of the Renaissance and the sophisticated lithograph of the nineteenth cdentury. Like painting and sculpture, printmaking is a major form of artistic expression.
Author
Publisher
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
An exhilarating look at Art Deco design in 1920s America, using jazz as its unifying metaphor. Capturing the dynamic pulse of the era's jazz music, this lavishly illustrated publication explores American taste and style during the golden age of the 1920s. Following the destructive years of the First World War, this flourishing decade marked a rebirth of aesthetic innovation that was cultivated to a great extent by American talent and patronage. Due...
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
One Christmas Eve, Prince Sanruddin Aga Khan gave to his wife a magnificent jeweled box made by Cartier in the 1930s. So began the making of perhaps the most remarkable jewelry collection of a remarkable era for jewelry - and for French jewelry in particular. In the 1920s and 1930s, smoky night clubs, cocktails, a new acceptance of make up beyond the boudoir, decor for smart apartments and dinner tables, provided a new landscape for the designs of...
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
A beautifully illustrated retrospective of Art Nouveau architect and designer Hector Guimard, positioning him at the forefront of the modernist movement. The aesthetic of architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942) has long characterized French Art Nouveau in the popular imagination. This groundbreaking book showcases all aspects of his artistry and recognizes the fundamental modernity of his work. Known for, among other things, the decorative entrances...
