A modern world : American design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920-1950 / John Stuart Gordon ; with an introduction by Sandy Isenstadt and contributions by Keely Orgeman ... [et al.].

Title: 
A modern world : American design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920-1950 / John Stuart Gordon ; with an introduction by Sandy Isenstadt and contributions by Keely Orgeman ... [et al.].

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Author/Artist: 
Gordon, John Stuart, 1977-
Publisher: 
New Haven, CT : Yale University Art Gallery in association with Yale University Press, 2011.
Description: 
ix, 438 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm.
Other Authors: 
Orgeman, Keely.
Yale University. Art Gallery.
Format of Material: 
Books
Bib ID: 
129057
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
NK1404.G66
Variant Title: 
American design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920-1950
Notes: 
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Draws upon the renowned collection of American decorative arts at the Yale University Art Gallery to explore the appearance and dissemination of modern design in the United States. This catalogue organizes roughly 300 examples of silver, glass, industrial design, furniture, medals, jewelry, and printed textiles into thematic groups that chart the aesthetic and social trends that defined American design from the Jazz Age to the Space Age. The authors consider modernism broadly--from handmade luxury goods to mass-produced housewares--establishing a context for the objects within larger international developments in architecture, avant-garde art, and scientific innovation"--Publisher description.
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Includes glass and glassware: p. 21, 38, 44-45, 61, 78-79, 87, 99-100, 103-106, 109, 121-123154, 164, 166-167, 177, 190-191, 198, 202, 223-224, 226, 228-229, 233, 236, 261, 265, 274, 289, 302, 324, 326, 346, 355, 357, 368, 389-390.
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 --
Designer biographies / Emily M. Orr --
Selected corporate chronologies / John Stuart Gordon.
ISBN: 
9780300153019 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0300153015 (hardcover : alk. paper)