Charles Rennie Mackintosh : synthesis in form / James Steele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, James, 1943-

Contributor:

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928--Criticism and interpretation.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928.

Art nouveau (Architecture)--Scotland--Glasgow.

Art nouveau (Architecture).

Architecture, Modern--19th century--Scotland--Glasgow.

Architecture, Modern.

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Scotland--Glasgow.

Buildings--Scotland--Glasgow.

Buildings.

Criticism and interpretation.

Scotland--Glasgow.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations, plans ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Academy Editions ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.

Summary:

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) is recognised as one of the most original and important designers of the 20th century, and his best known work, the Glasgow School of Art, has achieved the status of architectural icon. Hailed by some as an early progenitor of the Modern Movement, and others as 'Art Nouveau', the diversity and distinctiveness of his architecture, furniture, graphic design and watercolours has always eluded stylistic categorisation, as has Mackintosh himself. This book focuses on Mackintosh's architecture, the medium in which his comprehensive objectives found synthesis, using newly commissioned photographs. Arguing for an inclusive and non partisan approach, James Steele highlights Mackintosh's integration of the decorative arts and the crafts, his reinterpretation of traditional forms derived from vernacular prototypes and his espousal of modern materials and methods made possible by the age of rapid industrialisation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-222) and index.

ISBN:

1854903837

OCLC:

31915322