The century of modern design : selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection / edited with introduction by David Hanks.

Title & Author:

The century of modern design : selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection / edited with introduction by David Hanks.

Publication:

Description:

479 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
"The Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design."
Simultaneously published in French under title: Un siècle de design.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-476) and index.
Foreword -- Preface -- The creation of a collection -- An introduction to modernism, 1900-1929 -- 1930-1929 modes of modernism -- 1940-1949 creativity in the war years -- 1950-1959 "Good design" -- 1960-1969 Contradictory visions -- 1970-1979 pluralism and responsibility -- 1980-1989 post modernism and other currents -- 1990-1999 a new minimalism -- 2000-2009 the new millennium: celebrity, technology, ecology.

Summary:

One of the world's most important collections of 20th century design, The Stewart Collection incorporates iconic furniture, ceramics, textiles, posters, graphic art, jewelry and everyday objects from the 1930s to today. This book presents items chronologically, highlighting contrasts and parallels between the works.

ISBN:

9782080301611 (hbk.)
2080301616 (hbk.)

Subject:

Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection Catalogs.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Catalogs.
Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Design History 20th century Catalogs.
Design History 21st century Catalogs.
Design Private collections Québec (Province) Montréal Catalogs.
Design Histoire 20e siècle Catalogues.
Design Histoire 21e siècle Catalogues.
Design Collections privées Québec (Province) Montréal Catalogues.
Art and Design.
Design
Design Private collections
Design Geschichte 20. Jh Bildband.
Québec Montréal

Form/genre:

Catalogs.
catalogs (documents)
History
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Hanks, David A.
Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292245
Call No.: NK1390 .C46 2010
Status: Available

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