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Design After Modernism: Furniture and Interiors 1970-2010
Judith Gura
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Description for Design After Modernism: Furniture and Interiors 1970-2010
Hardback. Bauhaus, Postmodernism, High Tech, and Green Design: Judith Gura explains the important movements, forms, and furnishings from the 1950s to the present. Num Pages: 208 pages, 400 full-color photographs. BIC Classification: AKR; AMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 992.
With the first decade of the twenty-first century behind us, it is time to reassess the concept of “modern,” a term that dates to the Middle Ages, when it signified current or recent events. Not until the eighteenth century did it become a stylistic term; more recently it has generally referred to the aesthetic that evolved from the Bauhaus and flourished in the mid-twentieth century. Though proclaiming freedom from the limitations of style, it became as formulaic as most of its predecessors, as Modern architecture and furnishings conformed to prescribed specifications: geometric forms, industrially fabricated, unadorned, and studiously ahistorical.
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With the first decade of the twenty-first century behind us, it is time to reassess the concept of “modern,” a term that dates to the Middle Ages, when it signified current or recent events. Not until the eighteenth century did it become a stylistic term; more recently it has generally referred to the aesthetic that evolved from the Bauhaus and flourished in the mid-twentieth century. Though proclaiming freedom from the limitations of style, it became as formulaic as most of its predecessors, as Modern architecture and furnishings conformed to prescribed specifications: geometric forms, industrially fabricated, unadorned, and studiously ahistorical.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393733044
SKU
V9780393733044
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About Judith Gura
Judith Gura is a professor at the New York School of Interior Design, where she directs the design history program and is coordinator of public programs. A graduate of Cornell University, she has a master’s degree in the history of the decorative arts from the Bard Graduate Center. She has worked on exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum, ... Read more
Reviews for Design After Modernism: Furniture and Interiors 1970-2010
" Discover all that is exciting about contemporary styling in this fabulous book. . . "
Essential Kitchens, Bathrooms, Bedrooms Magazine "[P]rovides surprising breadth and depth in a compact volume. . . . [M]akes the greatest scholarly contribution with a wide range of environmentally responsible approaches to design. Recommended."
CHOICE "[A] treat to the eye and ... Read more
Essential Kitchens, Bathrooms, Bedrooms Magazine "[P]rovides surprising breadth and depth in a compact volume. . . . [M]akes the greatest scholarly contribution with a wide range of environmentally responsible approaches to design. Recommended."
CHOICE "[A] treat to the eye and ... Read more