Contributions

  • Bauchet, Bernard (Architect), writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • Cinqualbre, Olivier, writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • Cohen, Jean-Louis, writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • Rubin, Robert M., writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • Silver, Kenneth E., writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
and 3 more
  • Taylor, Brian Brace, writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • Chareau, Pierre - Contributor
  • Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.) - Contributor

Publication

2016 - Jewish Museum, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10030016579X
  • ISBN-139780300165791
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016931377
  • OCLC Control Number950964922
  • OCLC Control Number966383787
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780300165791
  • Open LibraryOL27225088M

Classifications

  • DDC724.6
  • LCCNA1053.C43 M48x 2016
  • LCCNK2549.C43 M48 2016
and 3 more
  • LCCNA1053
  • LCCNA1053.C42 M484 2016
  • LCCNA1053.C43 M48 2016

Alternate Titles

  • Modern architecture and design

Description

The designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) was a pivotal figure in modernism. His extraordinary Art Deco furniture is avidly collected and his visionary glass house, the Maison de Verre, is celebrated, but the breadth of his design genius has been little explored. Chareau linked architecture, fine arts, and style; designed furniture for avant-garde films and chic homes; collected artists such as Picasso and Mondrian; and was a radical innovator in the use of materials. Essays by leading scholars embrace the full scope of his invention, offering detailed analyses of individual projects, the interdisciplinary nature of his work, his Jewish background, his place in the avant-garde of Paris between the wars, and his more recent reception. Extensive illustrations present a rich sampling of Chareau's furniture, architecture, interiors, fabrics, and wallpapers, as well as his own important art collection.

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