Partners in design : Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson / edited by David A. Hanks ; essays by Donald Albrecht, Barry Bergdoll, Paul Galloway, David A. Hanks, Juliet Kinchin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanks, David A, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Design--United States--History--20th century.

Design.

Modernism (Aesthetics)--United States--History--20th century.

Modernism (Aesthetics).

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981--Influence.

Barr, Alfred H.

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005--Influence.

Johnson, Philip.

Physical Description:

239 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Monacelli Press, 2015.

Summary:

"The story of Alfred Barr and Philip Johnson, two young men, now acknowledged as giants in the history of modernism, who changed the course of design in the United States. In the 1920s and 1930s a new aesthetic emerged in the United States, based on the principles of the Bauhaus in Germany: rational, functional design devoid of ornament and without reference to historical styles. Alfred H. Barr Jr., founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, and Philip Johnson, director of its architecture department,were the leading proponents of the modern approach. Using as their laboratories both MoMA and their own apartments in New York, Barr and Johnson experimented with new ideas in museum ideology, extending the scope beyond painting and sculpture to includedesign and film; with exhibitions of ordinary objects elevated to art by their elegant design; and with installations in dramatically lit galleries with smooth, white walls"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Bauhaus : Mecca of Modernism / David A. Hanks

The High Bohemia of 1930s Manhattan / Donald Albrecht

Laboratories for Modernism : The Johnson and Barr Apartments / David A. Hanks

Modernists Abroad

Modern Architecture : International Exhibition / Barry Bergdoll

Machine Art : Elements of a New Beauty / Juliet Kinchin

Spreading the Gospel of Modern Design / David A. Hanks.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781580934336 : HRD

1580934331 : HRD