Decorative Art 1900-1910
Highlights from Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook
TASCHEN's Decorative Arts series, whose six installments span the 20th century up through the 1970s, carefully reproduces the best of Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook. Published annually from 1906 until 1980, the yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the now hard-to-find yearbooks have become highly prized by collectors and dealers. Preserving the yearbooks' original page layouts, TASCHEN's Decorative Arts books bring you the authentic experience of each decade's design trends and styles.
Decorative Art 1900s & 1910 highlights the exciting period that marked the aesthetic transition from the Victorian Era to the Modern Age, when concepts of simplicity, utility, and beauty ushered out the heavy ornamentation of High Victorian style. This was a time when "modern" was truly a new concept, one that many designers had to fight for; the evolution of styles and ideas moved at a fast pace, punctuated dramatically by the First World War, whose effects on society and architecture were vast.
The best examples from the yearbooks of the 1900s and 1910s are faithfully reproduced in this excellent guide through the founding years of modernism in decorative art, including the avant-garde work of designers such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Charles Voysey, and Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott.
About the editor:
Charlotte J. and Peter M. Fiell run a design consultancy in London. They have lectured widely, curated a number of exhibitions, and written numerous articles and books on design, including TASCHEN’s 1000 Lights, 1000 Chairs, Design of the 20th Century, Industrial Design A-Z, Scandinavian Design, Graphic Design for the 21st Century, Designing the 21st Century, and domus 1928–1999.
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Decorative Art 1900-1910
Fiell, Charlotte & Peter (ED)
Flexicover, 19.6 x 25.2 cm (7.7 x 9.9 in.), 576 pages, $ 39.99 ISBN: 978-3-8228-6050-2
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German Availability: Not in Stock |
- Reviews (8 items)
Love your new books! Dear Charlotte & Peter, I just purchased your new "Decorative Arts "series and I wanted to write to say how amazingly wonderful they are. I am a Set Decorator in the film business and these are like decorating 'bibles'. I also have "1000 Chairs" and "Design of the 20th Century" which I also love. I have been e-mailing to all of my Set Decorating friends to run out and buy these books. Don't stop!!! Thank you so much.
Claudette Didul, United States
Claudette Didul, United States
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