Modernism
Subtitle: designing a new world, 1914-1939
By: edited by Christopher Wilk.
Contributors: Wilk, Christopher.; Victoria and Albert Museum.; Museum MARTa (Hereford, Germany); Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: V & A Pub.; New York; Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781851774746; 9781851774777
Subjects: Modernism (Art); Modernism (Aesthetics); Design -- History -- 20th century
Other titles: Designing a new world, 1914-1939
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Apr. 6-July 23 2006, the Museum MARTa Hereford, Germany, Sept. 16, 2006-Jan. 7, 2007, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Mar. 17-July 29, 2007.

Originally published: London : V & A Publications ; New York : Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-435) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. What was modernism? / Christopher Wilk; title: Searching for utopia / Christina Lodder; title: The machine / Christopher Green; title: Performing modernism / Tag Gronberg; title: Building utopia / Tim Benton; title: Sitting on air / Christopher Wilk; title: The healthy body culture / Christopher Wilk; title: Film as a modernist art / Ian Christie; title: Modernism and nature / Tim Benton; title: National modernisms / David Crowley; title: Mass-market modernism / Ian Christie; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Picture credits; title: Index.