Art nouveau by Fahr-Becker, Gabriele, 1946- instant download

Art nouveau by Fahr-Becker, Gabriele, 1946- instant download

425 pages : 27 cm, The unity of art and life was the expressed goal of the Art Nouveau movement, the prelude to modernity. On the basis of shared ideas its adherents strove for a homogenous style, which nonetheless took on manifold variations in its expression. Dr. Gabriele Fahr-Becker pursues this yearning for an all-pervasive style in its impact on architecture, interior design, furniture, silver and gold-smithery, ceramics and glasswork, graphic arts and painting, Translated by Paul Aston, Ruth Chitty and Karen Williams, Previous edition: Könemann, c2004, Includes bibliographical references and index, The final chord and a new beginning -- England. Ruskin, Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites -- Glasgow. The blossoming of interior design -- Paris. World expositions and the bourgeoisie -- Nancy. The language of flora and fauna -- Belgium. The new architecture -- The Netherlands. Abstract line and De Stijl -- Italy and Russia. A step into the future -- Barcelona. Architecture as a natural phenomenon -- Munich. Capital of arts and crafts -- Darmstadt. Revolution and art -- Berlin. German factories and workshops -- Scandinavia. National consciousness in the \"Light of the North\" -- New York and Chicago. Form follows function -- Vienna. End of an era -- The Wiener Werkstätte. The total work of art accomplished