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Henry van de Velde : selected essays, 1889-1914 / edited by Katherine M. Kuenzli ; translated by Elizabeth Tucker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Velde, Henry van de, 1863-1957, author.
- Series:
- Texts & documents
- Standardized Title:
- Henry van de Velde (Getty Research Institute)
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Modern--19th century.
- Art, Modern.
- Art, Modern--20th century.
- Aesthetics, Modern--19th century.
- Aesthetics, Modern.
- Aesthetics, Modern--20th century.
- Art--Philosophy.
- Art.
- Genre:
- essays.
- Art criticism.
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 383 pages ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Selected essays, 1889-1914
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, California : Getty Research Institute, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This volume is the first English-language collection of writings by Henry van de Velde, one of the most influential designers and theorists of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Adrien-Joseph Heymans: A Study (1889)
- 2. On the Peasant in Painting (1891)
- 3. Georges Seurat (1891)
- 4. Artistic Wallpapers (1893)
- 5. Clearing the Terrain of Art (1894)
- 6. Remarks on a Synthesis of Art (1895)
- 7. Painting at the Third Exhibition of La Libre Esthetique (1896)
- 8. The Colonial Exposition in Tervueren (1898)
- 9. William Morris: Artisan and Socialist (1898)
- 10. The Artistic Improvement of Women's Costume (1900)
- 11. The Rebirth of the Applied Arts and the Social Movement (1901)
- 12. Declaration of Principles (1902)
- 13. Workshops for the Applied Arts (1902)
- 14. On the Death of Otto Eckmann (1902)
- 15. Giving Life to Matter as a Principle of Beauty (1903)
- 16. Notes on a Journey to Greece (1905)
- 17. On Good Taste (1905)
- 18. The New Style (1906)
- 19. Artists' Workshops (1906)
- 20. The Line (1908)
- 21. Folk Art (1909)
- 22. Art and Industry (1910)
- 23. Rational Beauty (1910)
- 24. Traditional and Modern Christmas Tree Ornaments: The Lauscha Glassblowers at Work (1912)
- 25. A Fountain by Hermann Obrist (1914)
- 26. Counter-Theses (1914).
- Notes:
- Translated from the French.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Velde, Henry van de, 1863-1957. Henry van de Velde.
- ISBN:
- 9781606067949
- 160606794X
- OCLC:
- 1296689978
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