The Theory of Decorative Art

The Theory of Decorative Art
Author: Isabelle Frank
Publisher: Bard College Center
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300088052

This anthology gathers together the most significant writings on the theory of the decorative arts from the mid-eighteenth century to the 1940s. The volume offers the first history of the theory of decorative art as it emerged in the West and reconstructs the debates over how to define this category of art and distinguish it from the fine arts (music, poetry, architecture, painting, and sculpture).


Modernism and the Decorative Arts in France

Modernism and the Decorative Arts in France
Author: Nancy J. Troy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1991
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300045543

In this book, Nancy J.Troy argues that the decorative arts are vitally important to understanding early 20th century modernism. She examines the effects of industrialization and international competition on the development of decorative arts in France during the period that began with Art Nouveau in 1895 and culminated in the Art Deco exhibition of 1925.


The Decorative Art of Today

The Decorative Art of Today
Author: Le Corbusier
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1987
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This is the first English translation of Le Corbusier's densely illustrated polemic against the crafts tradition and superfluous ornament in interior decoration.