The Bauhaus Ideal, Then & Now : an illustrated guide to modern design / William Smock.

By:

Smock, William

Language: English Publication details: Chicago Academy Chicago Publishers 2009Description: xii, 146 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780897335904

Subject(s):

Architecture, Modern--20th Century

DDC classification:

709.43 SMO

Summary: The Bauhaus Ideal is both a picture book and a guidebook to the fascinating and enduring legacy of modernist design, and to the continuing influence of Bauhaus on interior design-not just on architecture, but also on furniture, glassware, tableware, and kitchen utensils: the whole range of domestic arts.This unique volume introduces modern design principles and examines them from an historically critical perspective. It concludes with some ideas for melding modern solemnity with postmodern irony. And in each phase the illustrations speak as eloquently as the text-the whole serves as a beautiful.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Anna Centenary Library 6TH FLOOR, B WING	709.43 SMO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	276007

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The Bauhaus Ideal is both a picture book and a guidebook to the fascinating and enduring legacy of modernist design, and to the continuing influence of Bauhaus on interior design-not just on architecture, but also on furniture, glassware, tableware, and kitchen utensils: the whole range of domestic arts.This unique volume introduces modern design principles and examines them from an historically critical perspective. It concludes with some ideas for melding modern solemnity with postmodern irony. And in each phase the illustrations speak as eloquently as the text-the whole serves as a beautiful.

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