Art Nouveau (The World's Greatest Art)

Art Nouveau (The World's Greatest Art)

by Alice Jurow (Foreword), Alice Jurow (Foreword), Camilla de la Bédoyère (Author)

Synopsis

This series aims to combine a compact, commercial approach with the breadth and clarity of larger format books. Covering art which both creates the foundation of modern culture and modern art itself, the books include International Arts and Crafts, Turner, Whistler, Monet, and the Art Deco movement.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 384
Edition: New
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
Published: 04 Aug 2005

ISBN 10: 1844512657
ISBN 13: 9781844512652

Author Bio
Alice Jurow has degrees in Aesthetic Studies and Architecture form the University of California. The editor of The Sophisticate: Journal of the Art Deco Society of California since 1996, she is a longtime aficionado of the aesthetic movements of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. She is currently working on a book based on her popular lecture, 'The Androgynous Dandy: An Art Deco Icon', and lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband and two sons.

Camilla de la Bedoyere
is a researcher, writer and journalist who has a special interest in modern art and design, particularly the Art Deco era. She is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers and has written numerous educational books for children, non-fiction titles for adults and learning materials for visitors to the Natural History Museum. She is also the author of World's Greatest Art: Art Deco and Louis Comfort Tiffany: Masterworks.