Download or read book Native American Motifs in Architectural Ornament and Design 1900 1940 written by Julie Elizabeth Pearson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Architecture Design and Craft in Toronto 1900 1940 written by Alla Myzelev and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toronto - the largest and one of the most multicultural cities in Canada - boasts an equally interesting and diverse architectural heritage. Architecture, Design and Craft in Toronto 1900-1940 tells a story of the significant changes in domestic life in the first 40 years of the twentieth century. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach to studies of residential spaces, the author examines how questions of modernity and modern living influenced not only architectural designs but also interior furnishings, modes of transportation and ways to spend leisure time. The book discusses several case studies, some of which are known both locally and internationally (for example Casa Loma), while others such as Guild of All Arts or Sherwood have been virtually unstudied by historians of visual culture. The overall goal of the book is to put Toronto on the map of scholars of urban design and architecture and to uncover previously unknown histories of design, craft and domesticity in Toronto. This study will be of interest not only to the academic community (namely architects, designers, craftspeople and scholars of these disciplines, along with social historians), but also the general public interested in local history and/or visual culture.
Download or read book American Indian Design and Decoration written by LeRoy H. Appleton and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial study of the design art of the American Indian includes motifs drawn from every tribal and regional craft
Download or read book Master s Theses Directories written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sites of Belonging and Renewal written by Alexander Brier Marr and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this dissertation, I examine some of the ways Native American artists represented the built environment in the first half of the twentieth century. I focus on the coincidence of two trends: long-running changes in North American building styles and the early-twentieth century development of fine art paradigms for viewing indigenous material culture. Scholarship tends to treat Native American art and architecture separately. This separation emphasizes-in turns implicitly and explicitly-the loss of so-called traditional indigenous structures. If Native architectural styles are lost, then pictures of buildings would seemingly flatten houses and empty them of their associations with indigenous landscapes and memories. Many scholars may conceive of Native architecture as being lost, though twentieth-century artists have attended to a plurality of Native building styles and spatial epistemologies. Here, I examine the representation of buildings through case studies, art historical narratives, and comparative analyses. Chapters are divided by media: sculptural house models, drawings and paintings, the built environment, and photographs. By looking at the depiction of buildings, I argue that Native architectural styles have remained vital, if transformed, in the work of Native American artists through the twentieth century."--Page viii.
Download or read book Twentieth century Ornament written by Jonathan M. Woodham and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompassing constructivism, classicism, Bauhaus, surrealism, pop, and postmodern, Woodham's (design history, Brighton Polytechnic) chronological account describes, compares and contrasts all the major trends in North American and European ornament from 1900 to the present. With 400 illustrations, 200 in color. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Treasury of Authentic Art Nouveau Alphabets Decorative Initials Monograms Frames Ornaments written by Ludwig Petzendorfer and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers hundreds of art nouveau-style alphabets and discusses the development of these typefaces
Download or read book Art Et Architecture Au Canada written by Loren Ruth Lerner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 1646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.
Download or read book Women Designers in the USA 1900 2000 written by Pat Kirkham and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the many contributions of women designers to 20th-century American culture. Encompassing work in fields ranging from textiles and ceramics to furniture and fashion, it features the achievements of women of various ethnic and cultural groups, including both famous designers (Ray Eames, Florence Knoll and Donna Karan) and their less well-known sisters.
Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 2168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture written by R. Stephen Sennott and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2004 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more information including the introduction, a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample pages and more, visit the Encyclope dia of 20th Century Architecture website. Focusing on architecture from all regions of the world, this three-volume set profiles the twentieth century's vast chronicle of architectural achievements, both within and well beyond the theoretical confines of modernism. Unlike existing works, this encyclopedia examines the complexities of rapidly changing global conditions that have dispersed modern architectural types, movements, styles, and building practices across traditional geographic and cultural boundaries.
Download or read book Twentieth Century Building Materials written by Thomas C. Jester and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the concluding decades of the twentieth century, the historic preservation community increasingly turned its attention to modern buildings, including bungalows from the 1930s, gas stations and diners from the 1940s, and office buildings and architectural homes from the 1950s. Conservation efforts, however, were often hampered by a lack of technical information about the products used in these structures, and to fill this gap Twentieth-Century Building Materials was developed by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service and first published in 1995. Now, this invaluable guide is being reissued—with a new preface by the book’s original editor. With more than 250 illustrations, including a full-color photographic essay, the volume remains an indispensable reference on the history and conservation of modern building materials. Thirty-seven essays written by leading experts offer insights into the history, manufacturing processes, and uses of a wide range of materials, including glass block, aluminum, plywood, linoleum, and gypsum board. Readers will also learn about how these materials perform over time and discover valuable conservation and repair techniques. Bibliographies and sources for further research complete the volume. The book is intended for a wide range of conservation professionals including architects, engineers, conservators, and material scientists engaged in the conservation of modern buildings, as well as scholars in related disciplines.
Download or read book Making the American Home written by Marilyn Ferris Motz and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation of a house into a home has been in our culture a traditional task of women. The articles examine this process as they reflected the role of American middle-class women as homemakers in the years 1840-1940.
Download or read book The WPA Guide to Utah written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. Utah, a state which is well known for its distinct religious history, is thoroughly examined in this WPA Guide, with an entire chapter on the relationship between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the state of Utah. The Beehive State, also known for its natural beauty and plentiful resources, also contains several pictures of the Great Salt Lake and mountainous desert landscape as well as an interesting essay on mining.
Download or read book Artists in California 1786 1940 L Z written by Edan Milton Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AIA Guide to Chicago written by Laurie McGovern Petersen and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated, AIA Guide to Chicago, Second Edition is the liveliest and most wide-ranging guide ever written about Chicago's architecture. More than a thousand individual buildings are featured, along with more than four hundred photos-many taken expressly for this volume-and thirty-five specially commissioned maps. The book is arranged geographically so that the user, whether Chicago citizen or visitor, can tour each area of the city as conveniently as possible. Building descriptions focus on the illuminating-but easily overlooked-details that give the behind-the-scenes, often unexpected story of why a building took the shape it did. And in the best Chicago tradition, this guide does not shy away from opinions where opinions are called for. Comprehensively researched, meticulously written, and more than thorough.
Download or read book Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art Architecture Three Volume Set written by Jonathan Bloom and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 1697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture is the most comprehensive reference work in this complex and diverse area of art history. Built on the acclaimed scholarship of the Grove Dictionary of Art, this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Recent changes in Islamic art in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq are elucidated here by distinguished scholars. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world. With the fundamental understanding that Islamic art is not limited to a particular region, or to a defined period of time, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture offers pathways into Islamic culture through its art.
