The Studios of Frances and Margaret Macdonald
Title | The Studios of Frances and Margaret Macdonald PDF eBook |
Author | Janice Helland |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780719047831 |
Glasgow Girls
Title | Glasgow Girls PDF eBook |
Author | Jude Burkhauser |
Publisher | Canongate |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2001-04 |
Genre | Art, Modern |
ISBN | 9781841951515 |
At the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was the centre for an avant-garde movement of art and design innovation in Europe, which we now refer to as The Glasgow Style. While the "Glasgow Boys" group of painters has been widely written about, their female contemporaries have received far less attention. In this work, the editor redresses this imbalance, bringing together research from 18 scholars on the work of an astonishing number of female artists from this period.
Doves and Dreams
Title | Doves and Dreams PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Macdonald |
Publisher | Gower Publishing Company, Limited |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
A ground-breaking study that discusses, for the first time, the lives and careers of Frances Macdonald (1874-1921) and J. Herbert McNair (1868-1955), two important artists who have hitherto been considered as adjuncts to Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret Macdonald.
Collaboration in the Work of Margaret MacDonald, Frances MacDonald, Charles Rennie MacKintosh and J. Herbert MacNair
Title | Collaboration in the Work of Margaret MacDonald, Frances MacDonald, Charles Rennie MacKintosh and J. Herbert MacNair PDF eBook |
Author | Bille Wickre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Mackintosh Architecture
Title | Mackintosh Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1984-12 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780312502430 |
Mackintosh's Masterwork
Title | Mackintosh's Masterwork PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780813534459 |
Of the many practitioners of art nouveau in Great Britain, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) has outlasted them all. His work bridged the more ornate style of the later nineteenth century and the forms of international modernism that followed. Like Frank Lloyd Wright, with whom he is frequently compared, he is known for so thoroughly integrating art and decoration that the two became inseparable. His work has been honored by a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and his designs have proliferated to such an extent that they can be found reproduced in posters, prints, jewelry, and even new buildings. His most important project was the Glasgow School of Art, which still functions as a highly prestigious art school. This glorious building is visited each year by thousands of tourists from around the world. Built over a dozen years, beginning in 1897, the Glasgow School of Art is Mackintosh's greatest and most influential legacy. This completely redesigned and heavily illustrated edition of Mackintosh's Masterwork has been greatly expanded and contains newly discovered material about both the early life of the architect and the formative years in which his plans for the School of Art were executed.
The Radium Girls
Title | The Radium Girls PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Moore |
Publisher | Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Pages | 585 |
Release | 2017-04-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1492649368 |
A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts Bestseller! For fans of Hidden Figures, comes the incredible true story of the women heroes who were exposed to radium in factories across the U.S. in the early 20th century, and their brave and groundbreaking battle to strengthen workers' rights, even as the fatal poison claimed their own lives... In the dark years of the First World War, radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty, and wonder drug of the medical community. From body lotion to tonic water, the popular new element shines bright. Meanwhile, hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radium-dial factories. The glittering chemical covers their bodies from head to toe; they light up the night like industrious fireflies. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" are the luckiest alive — until they begin to fall mysteriously ill. And, until they begin to come forward. As the women start to speak out on the corruption, the factories that once offered golden opportunities ignore all claims of the gruesome side effects. And as the fatal poison of the radium takes hold, the brave shining girls find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest scandals of America's early 20th century, and in a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights that will echo for centuries to come. A timely story of corporate greed and the brave figures that stood up to fight for their lives, these women and their voices will shine for years to come. Written with a sparkling voice and breakneck pace, The Radium Girls fully illuminates the inspiring young women exposed to the "wonder" substance of radium, and their awe-inspiring strength in the face of almost impossible circumstances. Their courage and tenacity led to life-changing regulations, research into nuclear bombing, and ultimately saved hundreds of thousands of lives...