The Elements of Design: Stylistic Elements from the Renaissance to the Postmodern Era - Hardcover

 
9781840004311: The Elements of Design: Stylistic Elements from the Renaissance to the Postmodern Era
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1840004312 ISBN 13: 9781840004311
Verlag: Mitchell Beazley, 2003

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This text offers a comprehensive visual survey of the designs that have had the greatest impact on the applied arts in the Western world. Covering more than 500 years, and with over 3000 images, the key elements of the Western decorative arts are explored chronologically, including chapters on the Baroque era, Neoclassicism, Art Nouveau, Decorative Modernism, Art Deco, Modernism and the Space Age. Each chapter begins with a broad introduction to the era, summarizing its key style features. Within the chapter there follows close examination of individual objects, including ceramics, glass, silver and metalwork, furniture and textiles. All the items illustrated are chosen as typical examples of the arts under exploration and together form a visual vocabulary of each design movement.

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This text offers a comprehensive visual survey of the designs that have had the greatest impact on the applied arts in the Western world. Covering more than 500 years, and with over 3000 images, the key elements of the Western decorative arts are explored chronologically, including chapters on the Baroque era, Neoclassicism, Art Nouveau, Decorative Modernism, Art Deco, Modernism and the Space Age. Each chapter begins with a broad introduction to the era, summarizing its key style features. Within the chapter there follows close examination of individual objects, including ceramics, glass, silver and metalwork, furniture and textiles. All the items illustrated are chosen as typical examples of the arts under exploration and together form a visual vocabulary of each design movement.

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Verlag
Mitchell Beazley
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1840004312
ISBN 13 
9781840004311
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
544
Herausgeber
Riley Noel, Bayer Patricia
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