1000 masterpieces of decorative art
By: authors: Victoria Charles ; with the collaboration of Eugenie Vaysse
Contributors: Vaysse, Eugénie, author
Series: Book collection
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
ISBN-13: 9781781602171
Subjects: Furniture; Decorative arts; History
Other titles: One thousand masterpieces of decorative art
Description: "From ancient Sumerian pottery to Tiffany stained glass, decorative art had been a fundamental part of the human experience for generations. While fine art is confined to galleries and museums, decorative art is the art of the every day, combining beauty with functionality in objects ranging from the prosaic to the fantastical. In this work, authors Albert Jacquemart and Émile Bayard celebrate the beauty and artistic potential behind even the most quotidian object. Readers will walk away from this text with a newfound appreciation for the subtle artistry of the manufactured world"--
Table of contents: title: Antiquity; title: Middle Ages; title: Renaissance; title: Baroque; title: Modern Period.