Vital forms : American art and design in the atomic age, 1940-1960 /

Rapaport, Brooke Kamin,

Vital forms : American art and design in the atomic age, 1940-1960 / Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Kevin L. Stayton with contributions by Paul Boyer [and others]. - 256 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, and four other institutions between Oct. 12, 2001 and June 29, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index.

The United States, 1941-1963 : a historical overview / Paul Boyer -- The greater mystery of things : aspects of vital forms in American art / Brooke Kamin Rapaport -- Building organic form : architecture, ceramics, glass, and metal in the 1940s and 1950s / Martin Filler -- From Futurama to Motorama / Mildred Friedman -- Organic glitz : designing popular culture in the postwar era / Karal Ann Marling.



0810906198 9780810906198 0872731456 9780872731455

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Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions
Form (Aesthetics)--Exhibitions
Art, American
Art, American--20th century
Design--History--United States--20th century.
Organic design

N6512 / .R35 2001

709.7309045

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