Modern
Subtitle: Masters of the 20th-Century Interior
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: October 8, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780847822119
Subjects: Interior Design; History - Specific Styles; Design; Home Improvement / Construction; Interior decoration; Art; Interior Design - Style Books; Architecture / General; Art / Design / General; Design - Decorative; 20th century; Architecture, Modern; History
Description: "The term "modern" can be used to describe places as diverse as Fallingwater, the Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece of 1936 and John Pawson's Calvin Klein store of the early nineties. Modernism encompasses many different styles, designed over a number of years--so what exactly is modern? Author Jonathan Glancey answers this question by, first, exploring every facet of the modern--from architecture to furniture to home design. In a Who's Who of modern design style, he then lists all of its greatest practitioners chronologically. From the Nouveau style of Gaudi to the classicism of Michael Graves, of the sub-styles that fall under the umbrella of "modern" are finally demystified. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.