Pioneers of Modern Design
Title | Pioneers of Modern Design PDF eBook |
Author | Nikolaus Pevsner |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 1991-03-28 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0141932325 |
One of the most widely read books on modern design, Nikolaus Pevsner's landmark work today remains as stimulating as it was when first published in 1936. This expanded edition of Pioneers of Modern Design provides Pevsner's original text along with significant new and updated information, enhancing Pevsner's illuminating account of the roots of Modernism. The book now offers many beautiful colour illustrations; updated biographies and bibliographies of all major figures; illustrated short essays on key themes, movements, and individuals; a critique of Pevsner's analysis from today's perspective; examples of works after 1914 (where the original study ended); a biography detailing Pevsner's life and achievements; and much more. Pevsner saw Modernism as a synthesis of three main sources: William Morris and his followers, the work of nineteenth-century engineers, and Art Nouveau. The author considers the role of these sources in the work of early Modernists and looks at such masters of the movement as C.F.A. Voysey and Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Britain, Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright in America, and Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner in Vienna. The account concludes with a discussion of the radical break with the past represented by the design work of Walter Gropius and his future Bauhaus colleagues. Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983), a distinguished scholar of art and architecture, was best known as editor of the 46-volume series The Buildings of England and as founding editor of The Pelican History of Art.
Pioneers of Modern Design, from William Morris to Walter Gropius
Title | Pioneers of Modern Design, from William Morris to Walter Gropius PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Nikolaus Pevsner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Art, Modern |
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Pioneers of Modern Design
Title | Pioneers of Modern Design PDF eBook |
Author | Nikolaus Pevsner |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780300105711 |
Richard Weston is professor at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. He has published extensively on twentieth-century architecture, including his book Materials, Form, and Architecture, published by Yale University Press.
Nikolaus Pevsner. Pioneers of Modern Design, from William Morris to Walter Gropius
Title | Nikolaus Pevsner. Pioneers of Modern Design, from William Morris to Walter Gropius PDF eBook |
Author | Nikolaus Pevsner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1949 |
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Pioneers of Modern Design
Title | Pioneers of Modern Design PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1960 |
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Pioneers of Modern Typography
Title | Pioneers of Modern Typography PDF eBook |
Author | Herbert Spencer |
Publisher | MIT Press (MA) |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 1983-01 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 9780262690812 |
Since it was first published in 1969, it has served as the standard guide to the impact of twentieth century avant-garde movements on graphic design and typography.
Pioneers of Modern Graphic Design
Title | Pioneers of Modern Graphic Design PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Aynsley |
Publisher | Miller/Mitchell Beazley |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 9781840009392 |
New design experiment - Bauhaus - Art Deco - Studio Boggeri - Hendrik Werkman - Pop subversion and alternatives - Late modern and postmodernism - Design in the digital era.