Antique Art Nouveau Objects of Art - Types Makers Dates / Scarce Oversize Book

Description

Lavishly illustrated in color and black-and-white, this oversize book provides a pictorial survey of Art Nouveau works of art supplemented by in-depth narrative.
ART NOUVEAU
by Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Konemann Publishers, Colon, Germany, 1997.
Please note that although this book was published in Germany, the text is written in ENGLISH.
This scholarly book  is massive, beautiful, and most informative.  This comprehensive and authoritative text includes among its chapter coverage such topics as:  Japanese influences on pre-modern European art; England: Ruskin, Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites; Glasgow & interior design; Paris, the world exposition and the bourgeoisie; Nancy: the language of flora and fauna; Belgium and a new architecture; the Netherlands: abstract line and De Stijl; Italy and Russia: a step into the future; Barcelona and a natural architectural style; Munich, capital of arts and crafts; Berlin, factories and workshops; Scandinavia, its national consciousness and “light of the North;” New York and Chicago: form follows function; Vienna: end of an era.  From skyscrapers to jewelry, posters to furniture, this volume treats the fanciful and functional style throughout Europe and the United States.  The author guides the reader through various national schools.  “It is not just famous names such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Edvard Munch, Josef Hoffmann, Antoni Gaudi, Rene Lalique and Louis Comfort Tiffany that she studies—less well-known artists are also considered in detail.  The countless threads of Art Nouveau are interwoven to form a complex and yet clearly distinguishable picture of an art movement on the threshold of the 20th century.”
Oversized / heavy 10.9” x 12.4” hardback with dust cover in good condition.  425 pages.
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