Stephen Escritt

At the turn of the nineteenth century, Art Nouveau was both Europe and America’s boldest and most fashionable style. It could be seen in the sinuous ironwork of the new Paris Metro stations, the curving asymmetry of Lalique’s jewellery and Tiffany’s Japanese-inspired glassware. Art Nouveau brought a new decorative language to furniture, jewellery and graphic arts, as well as architecture, sculpture and painting. Known by a variety of names – Jugendstil in Germany, Secession style in Austria, the Modernista movement in Catalonia – it was a truly international "new art" for a new age. This is the first book to examine Art Nouveau worldwide in the context of the issues of the age, from fin-de-siecle anxieties about the pressures...

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002

The dominant style in architecture, jewellery and interior decoration of the 1920s and 1930s, Art Deco was an exuberant reaction to the austerity and functionalism of the war years. Interest in the style was revived in the 1960s, partly as a result of the work of Bevis Hillier, who entertainingly recalls his own adventures, triumphs and mistakes in writing the first book on the subject. This is the first book to explore Art Deco’s pervasive international influence in all areas of life, and is illustrated with examples from all over the world.

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002