TY  - BOOK
AU  - Massey,Anne
TI  - Interior design of the 20th century
T2  - World of art
SN  - 0500202478
AV  - NK1980 .M3 1990
U1  - 729.0904 20
PY  - 1990///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Thames and Hudson
KW  - Interior decoration
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Reforming Victorian taste -- Search for a new style -- Modern movement -- Art Deco and the Moderne -- Emergence of interior decoration as a profession -- Post-war modernism -- Consumer culture -- Post-modern era
N2  - The Arts and Crafts and Aesthetic Movements, Art Nouveau, the Modern Movement, its rivals Art Deco and the Moderne, American Streamlining and Modern, Pop, Op, Surrealism, HI-Tech, Post-Modernism, Deconstructivism, and many other styles of interior design are charted in this concise but wide-ranging survey. From the Modern movement inspired by leading architects such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, to groups and schools such as the Bauhaus, to glamorous Art Deco decorators such as Emile-Jacque Ruhlmann, to the virtually anonymous ethnic styles, Anne Massey signposts the changes of direction in interior design; From the nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts movement to the present day - from Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, the Modern Movement and Art Deco to Hi-Tech and green design - every style of interior design is charted in this wide-ranging and indispensable survey. Design is charted in this wide-ranging and indispensable survey. Design in the twentieth century saw many changes in direction, including the emergence of professional "interior decoration" and its evolution into interior design. Interiors, domestic and other, are explored and placed within their social, political, economic and cultural context. This revised, expanded and updated edition illustrates recent examples and is brought up to date with discussions of green design and the effect of new technology on the home and the work place. --Back cover
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