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In the arts & crafts style
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"The Arts and Crafts movement has never gone out of fashion in America. Since its birth at the turn of the century, the Arts and Crafts style, with its uncompromising workmanship and simple elegance, has innovated home design. Today, the genre is experiencing a dramatic renaissance, and its admirers are bringing the timeless beauty of the style into their homes with renewed enthusiasm. In the Arts & Crafts Style illustrates this exciting movement, taking the reader on a compelling and inspirational visual journey." "Each chapter of this book examines a different facet of this aesthetic, beginning with its European origins and proceeding to American classics, including California's Mission style. The book highlights the work of such influential designers as Gustav Stickley, L & J.G. Stickley, Charles Voysey, Greene & Greene, George Ohr, Tiffany, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Charles Rohlfs, among others, and features Arts and Crafts standards, such as the Morris chair, the Stickley settle, the Tiffany lamp, and the Fulper bowl, all displayed in a variety of contemporary interiors." "The book concludes with an extensive source listing of dealers, auctioneers, and contemporary cabinetmakers and artisans that carry or produce furnishings in the Arts and Crafts style. With radiant, original photography and engaging text, In the Arts & Crafts Style reveals a world that has remained unexplored until now: the actual homes of enthusiasts who live with this enduring beauty every day."--Jacket
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American arts & crafts : virtue in design : a catalogue of the Palevsky collection and related works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Influenced by developments in Europe, American proponents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries successfully promoted the "minor arts" as fine art hand-wrought by individual craftsmen, extolling the virtue of everyday objects and a return to honest, simple materials and workmanship. The designs are, perhaps, the closest embodiment there is of "American style". Included are furniture, ceramics, metalwork, glass, books, drawings and textiles by Gustav Stickley, Greene & Greene, Frank Lloyd Wright, Tiffany Studios and many others. This book looks at their work.
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Six painters and the object
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All of the painters in the 1963 exhibition Six Painters and the Object were born between 1923 and 1933, making them, at the time of the exhibition, either emerging artists or artists who were mid-career Although some of these six artists were commonly referred to as "object-makers," this exhibition focused on the artists as painters and the canvas as subject. The six artists who were highlighted in this exhibition include: Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. In his catalogue essay, curator Lawrence Alloway underscores a shared similarity between the artists to be found in the common use of objects drawn from communications network and the physical environment of the city. On the cusp of Pop art's explosion in the art world, the exhibition marks a significant moment in art history and the accompanying catalogue an essential guide to understanding the nascent exhibitions leading up to a movement that would sweep the art world. The catalogue includes a list of works in the exhibition and reproductions of selected works in the exhibition.
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The beautiful necessity : decorating with arts & crafts
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The best-selling Beautiful Necessity: Decorating with Arts & Crafts details everything necessary for creating Arts & Crafts interiors, from wall coverings to furnishings, tiles, stenciling, accessories, moldings, and floor coverings. More than 140 stunning photographs showcase the Arts & Crafts movement from its humble beginnings to its recent and well-deserved surge in popularity. The furniture and architectural designs of the Arts & Crafts movement were created not to dominate nature, but to coexist with it. Earth-tone colors, natural motifs and building materials, and intricate and decorative fireplaces all hearkened back to simpler times. That same yearning for elegant simplicity continues to propel a modern revival of the Arts & Crafts movement, and appeals to modern needs for both quality and understated beauty. Beautiful Necessity: Decorating with Arts & Crafts will guide even an Arts & Crafts novice to a beautifully accented bungalow, cabin, or family home.
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William Morris : art and Kelmscott
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William Morris was one of the most influencial designers of the 19th century, and his appeal remains strong today. Many of his wallpaper, carpet, and textile patterns are still in production. Now, the life and work of this pioneer of the British Arts and Crafts Movement is fully analyzed for the first time in the most complete and multifaceted look at Morris ever published. 565 illustrations, 394 in color.
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