The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design (World of Art)
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An updated edition of this classic title on the origins of 20th-century ideas in architecture and the applied arts.
The turn of the nineteenth century saw an extraordinary flowering of invention in architecture and design, leading to the emergence of two contrasting styles: Art Nouveau and the International Style. Professor Nikolaus Pevsner brings clarity to this period of dynamic change by tracing the origins of twentieth-century ideas in architecture and the applied arts.
Featuring a new foreword by the distinguished architectural historian Kenneth Frampton, this classic title has now been updated with colour illustrations throughout.
The turn of the nineteenth century saw an extraordinary flowering of invention in architecture and design, leading to the emergence of two contrasting styles: Art Nouveau and the International Style. Professor Nikolaus Pevsner brings clarity to this period of dynamic change by tracing the origins of twentieth-century ideas in architecture and the applied arts.
Featuring a new foreword by the distinguished architectural historian Kenneth Frampton, this classic title has now been updated with colour illustrations throughout.
- ISBN:
- 9780500297698
- Publication Date:
- 2024-06-04
- Publisher:
- Thames & Hudson
- Language:
- English
- Page Count:
- 215
- Size:
- 8.25" l x 6.0" w x 0.63" h
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- Art and Photography
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- History and Geography
Subject