Title & Author:

Designing modernity : the arts of reform and persuasion, 1885-1945 : selections from the Wolfsonian / edited by Wendy Kaplan.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1995.

Description:

352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Published to accompany the inaugural touring exhibition of the Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, Fla.
Exhibition dates for United States tour: the Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, November 11, 1995-April 28, 1996; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 21-September 22, 1996; Seattle Art Museum, October 24, 1996-January 12, 1997; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, February 22-May 18, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Traditions transformed : romantic nationalism in design, 1890-1920 / Wendy Kaplan -- Germany design and national identity, 1890-1918 / Laurie A. Stein with contributions by Irmela Franzke -- The decorative arts in Amsterdam, 1890-1930 / Ellinoor Bergvelt -- The English compromise : modern design and national consciousness, 1870-1940 / Paul Greenhalgh -- Domesticating modernity : ambivalence and appropriation, 1920-1940 / Jeffrey L. Meikle -- Forging modern Italy : from wrought iron to aluminum / Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino -- A "return to order" : issues of the vernacular and the classical in Italian inter-war design / Marianne Lamonaca -- Political things : design in fascist Italy / Dennis P. Doordan -- Design in inter-war Germany / John Heskett -- Emblems of production : workers in German, Italian, and American art during the 1930s / Bernard F. Reilly, Jr.

Summary:

Exhibition: L.A. County Museum 7/21-8/22/96, Co-published with Wolfsonian.

ISBN:

9780500237069 (hbk.)
0500237069 (hbk.)

Subject:

Wolfsonian Foundation Exhibitions.
Wolfsonian Foundation.
Wolfsonian Foundation Catalogs.
Decorative arts History 19th century Exhibitions.
Design History 19th century Exhibitions.
Decorative arts History 20th century Exhibitions.
Design History 20th century Exhibitions.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Design Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Design Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Decorative arts
Design
Kunstnijverheid.
Vormgeving.
Propaganda.
Decorative arts 19th century Exhibitions.
Decorative arts 20th century Exhibitions.
Visual arts Modernism.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Checklists.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Kaplan, Wendy.
Wolfsonian Foundation.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Seattle Art Museum.
Carnegie Museum of Art.

Arts of reform and persuasion, 1885-1945

Holdings:

Location: Library main 199988
Call No.: NK1370.D4 1995
Status: Available