Author: Busch, Jason T. and Catherine L. Futter
Title: Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939
Description: New York, New York, Skira Rizzoli, 2012. Hardcover. Color pictorial dj. black paper over boards; Color illus. endpapers; 303 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition of the same name, organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. Features ten essays by various authors, including "Modernity Revealed: The World's Fairs from 1900 to 1925" by Stephen Harrison, "Style through Science: Modern Industrial Design and the World's Fairs of the 1930s" by Kevin W. Tucker, "J. & L. Lobmeyr: A Case Study of Glass at the World's Fairs" by Jane Shadel Spillman, and more. Wonderfully illustrated, with many full-page color photos. VG/VG. red remainder dot to bottom textblock. corners bumped or creased. spine edges creased w/ small indent. lower back cover edge has minor indent. interior clean. dustjacket cover has seam of peeling veener; creasing to spine edges & corners.
Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts / World's Fairs ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Decorative Arts
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Title: Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939
Description: New York, New York, Skira Rizzoli, 2012. Hardcover. Color pictorial dj. black paper over boards; Color illus. endpapers; 303 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition of the same name, organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. Features ten essays by various authors, including "Modernity Revealed: The World's Fairs from 1900 to 1925" by Stephen Harrison, "Style through Science: Modern Industrial Design and the World's Fairs of the 1930s" by Kevin W. Tucker, "J. & L. Lobmeyr: A Case Study of Glass at the World's Fairs" by Jane Shadel Spillman, and more. Wonderfully illustrated, with many full-page color photos. VG/VG. red remainder dot to bottom textblock. corners bumped or creased. spine edges creased w/ small indent. lower back cover edge has minor indent. interior clean. dustjacket cover has seam of peeling veener; creasing to spine edges & corners.
Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts / World's Fairs ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Decorative Arts
Price: US$ 60.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 144969
- Book number: 144969
See more books from our catalog: European Decorative Arts