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The Invention of Chic: Therese Bonney and Paris Moderne
Lisa Schlansker Kolosek, M. Therese Bonney
Thames & Hudson
Thames & Hudson
After graduating from the Sorbonne in 1921 until the outbreak of World War II, American Thérèse Bonney pursued a prolific career as a photojournalist. She founded the first American illustrated press service in Europe, whose specialty was modern...
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The Beehive Metaphor : From Gaudi to Le Corbusier
Juan Ramirez
Reaktion Books
Reaktion Books
Since time immemorial, bees have been associated with all manner of virtues. The beehive has served as the model for an ideal society, while honey and wax have provided the basis for countless positive metaphors of sweetness and productivity. The...
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Dark Entries: Bauhaus and Beyond (Music)
Ian Shirley
SAF Publishing Ltd
SAF Publishing Ltd
A fantastic tale of notoriety as Gothic-Glam heroes Bauhaus slip into rock and roll excess, a tangle of out-of-control egos and musical disagreements leading to the inevitable split. Based around candid interviews with all the band members...
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Modernism in American Silver: 20th-Century Design
Jewel Stern
Yale University Press
Yale University Press
From teaspoons to cocktail shakers and unique objects made for New York World’s Fairs, this stunning book examines the influence of modernism upon industrially produced silverware made in the United States from 1925 to 2000. Featuring the...
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Anni & Josef Albers
Jenny Anger, Kiki Gilderhus, Anni Albers, Josef Albers
Hatje Cantz
Hatje Cantz
Josef Albers (1888-1976) was a highly influential painter, color theorist and teacher--a monumental figure in international post-war art and aesthetics; his wife and artistic equal, Anni Albers (1899-1994), created important textile artworks as well...
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The New Architecture and The Bauhaus
Walter Gropius
The MIT Press
The MIT Press
One of the most important books on the modern movement in architecture, The New Architecture and the Bauhaus poses some of the fundamental problems presented by the relations of art and industry and considers their possible, practical solution....
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