| Modernist Textile: Europe America, 189hb: Europe and America, 1890-1940 Contributor(s): Troy, Virginia Gardner (Author) |
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ISBN: 0853319006 ISBN-13: 9780853319009 Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd OUR PRICE: $67.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2006 Annotation: Decorative and applied arts played a major role in shaping the modernist aesthetic. Western artists and collectors saw textiles, particularly the abstract and handcrafted textiles from non-Western societies, as attractive alternatives to the European academic art tradition. Virginia Gardner Troy examines the importance of textiles within the context of twentieth-century art and design. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | Textile & Costume - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Art | European |
| Dewey: 746.090 |
| LCCN: 2006927557 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 8.96" W x 10.58" (2.37 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Decorative and applied arts played a major role in shaping the Modernist aesthetic. Western artists and collectors saw textiles, particularly the abstract and handcrafted textiles from non-Western societies, as attractive alternatives to the European academic art tradition. Virginia Gardner Troy examines the importance of textiles within the context of 20th-century art and design. |