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A modern world : American design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920-1950
Title
A modern world : American design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920-1950 / John Stuart Gordon ; with an introduction by Sandy Isenstadt and contributions by Keely Orgeman ... [et al.].
ISBN
9780300153019 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Art Gallery : In association with Yale University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
ix, 438 p. : ill. (mostly col.) 31 cm.
Variant and related titles
American design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920-1950
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 30, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The lure of tomorrow : making consumers modern / Sandy Isenstadt
Contributors and note to the reader
European influences
Cubism
The materials of modernism
Modern life
The city transformed
Machine geometry
Historical modernism
Merchandizing modernism : museums, fairs, and stores
Design for industry
Streamline
Organic design
Postwar life
Appendix. Designer biographies / Emily M. Orr
Manufacturers' histories / John Stuart Gordon.
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