Catalan modernismo, a cultural and artistic style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was the Spanish equivalent of the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau, the German Werkbund and the Viennese Secession. The common denominator of these movements was the ambition to develop a new concept of beauty based on the creative essence of humankind. This comprehensive study, containing a wealth of information not previously available in English, focuses on all aspects of modernismo. Insightful essays discuss ...
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Catalan modernismo, a cultural and artistic style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was the Spanish equivalent of the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau, the German Werkbund and the Viennese Secession. The common denominator of these movements was the ambition to develop a new concept of beauty based on the creative essence of humankind. This comprehensive study, containing a wealth of information not previously available in English, focuses on all aspects of modernismo. Insightful essays discuss the geographic focus of modernismo, Catalonia and its vibrant capital city, Barcelona, and its historical and social context. Architecture was greatly influenced by modernismo, and various practitioners -- Antoni Gaud�, Llu�s Dom�nech i Montaner, Josep Puig i Cadafalch -- developed personal styles based on patterns inspired by nature. Painting, sculpture, and music were equally affected by the times, moving away from academicism and toward spontaneous and personal creative impulses. All essays are extensively illustrated with spectacular color photographs, showing modernismo's most important buildings, such as Gaud�'s Sagrada Familia and Palau G�ell; intricate furniture, stained glass, and jewelry; graphic design, notably periodicals and sheet music; and a portfolio of paintings.
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Good in Good jacket. Book 447pp, colour and b/w photographs. Unclipped photographic d/j which is creased in bottom right-hand corner near flap, where it is also slightly torn and chipped. Some shelf and edge wear, title in black to yellow spine Size: Folio.
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Used; very good in Used; very good jacket. Size: 10x4x12; Binding is tight and square. Contents are crisp, clean, complete and undamaged. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1580931111. Text clean and tight; NOTE: additional postage may be necessary for international shipping; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 448 pages.
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VG-/VG-bumping to top front edge of book, 2 inch tear to top front of dust jacket. Black boards with white spine lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 447 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "Catalan modernismo, a cultural and artistic style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was the Spanish equivalent of the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau, the German Werkbund and the Viennese Secession. The common denominator of these movements was the ambition to develop a new concept of beauty based on the creative essence of humankind. This comprehensive study, containing a wealth of information not previously available in English, focuses on all aspects of modernismo. Insightful essays discuss the geographic focus of modernismo, Catalonia and its vibrant capital city, Barcelona, and its historical and social context. Architecture was greatly influenced by modernismo, and various practitioners--Antoni Gaudí, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Josep Puig i Cadafalch--developed personal styles based on patterns inspired by nature."-Amazon.
