A modern world : American design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920-1950

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"Americans living in the first decades of the twentieth century felt they inhabited a modern age. A spirit of excitement and experimentation transformed the world around them, in particular the consumer goods that filled their homes and offices. A Modern World draws upon the renowned collection...

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Author / Contributor: Gordon, John Stuart, 1977- (Author)
Corporate Author: Yale University. Art Gallery
Other authors / contributors: Orgeman, Keely (Contributor)
Imprint: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Art Gallery : in association with Yale University Press, 2011.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Yale University. > Art Gallery > Catalogs.
Yale University. > Art Gallery
Design > United States > History > 20th century > Catalogs.
Decorative arts > United States > History > 20th century > Catalogs.
Modernism (Aesthetics) > United States > Catalogs.
Table of Contents:
  • The lure of tomorrow : making consumers modern / Sandy Isenstadt
  • European influences
  • Cubism
  • The materials of modernism
  • Modern life
  • The city transformed
  • Machine geometry
  • Historical modernism
  • Merchandizing modernism : museums, fairs, and stores
  • Design for industry
  • Streamline
  • Organic design
  • Postwar life
  • Appendix. Designer biographies / Emily M. Orr
  • Manufacturers' histories / John Stuart Gordon.

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