Art nouveau, 1890-1914 / edited by Paul Greenhalgh
2000, 1st edition. London : V & A. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #329403
ISBN: 1851772774
Physical description: 464 pages: illustrations (some color), portraits; 30 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: The style and the age; Alternate histories; The cult of nature / Paul Greenhalgh -- Symbols of the sacred and profane / Ghislaine Wood and Paul Greenhalgh -- The literary heritage / Philippe Hamon -- Orient and Occident / Anna Jackson -- Arabesques: North Africa, Arabia, and Europe / Francesca Vanke -- Le Style Anglais: English roots of the new art / Paul Greenhalgh -- The age of paper / Ghislaine Wood -- Moulding wood: craftsmanship in furniture / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- The new textiles / Linda Parry -- The new ceramics: engaging with the spirit; The new glass: a synthesis of technology and dreams / Jennifer Hawkins Opie -- Modern metal / Helen Clifford and Eric Turner -- Jewellery and the art of the goldsmith / Clare Phillips -- The concentrated essence of a wiggle: Art Nouveau sculpture / Alexander Kader -- The Parisian situation: Hector Guimard and the emergence of Art Nouveau / Gabriel P. Weisberg -- Victor Horta and Brussels / Franc çoise Aubry -- Munich: secession and Jugendstil; Secession in Vienna / Gillian Naylor -- Glasgow: the dark daughter of the north / Juliet Kinchin -- Louis Sullivan and the spirit of nature / Lauren S. Weingarden. Barcelona: spirituality and modernity / Ignasi de Sola á-Morales – Budapest: international metropolis and national capital / David Crowley -- The new art in Prague / Milena Lamarova á -- Helsinki: Saarinen and Finnish Jugend / Jennifer Hawkins Opie -- Moscow modern / Wendy Salmond -- Louis Comfort Tiffany and New York / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen -- Turin: stile floreale, a 'liberty' for Italy? / Wendy Kaplan -- A strange death / Paul Greenhalgh. Subjects: Victoria and Albert Museum; Exhibitions. National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Exhibitions. Decoration and ornament Art nouveau; Exhibitions. Genre: Bibliography. Exhibition catalogs. History.
Illustrated. Summary: Published to accompany the exhibition Art Nouveau 1890-1914 at the V&A and the National Gallery of Arts, Washington.
Price: €85.00