The design revolutions of the early 20th century were woven into the very fabric of the carpets and rugs of that era. Art Deco and Modernist Carpets, the first in-depth history, charts the evolution of carpet design out of the floral effusions of the Victorian salons and into the angular elegance of Art Deco and bold abstraction of Modernism popularized by the machine age. Such artists and designers as Picasso, Poiret, Gray, Delaunay, Matisse, Klee, and many more advanced the designs going on underfoot, making these rugs extremely collectible artworks in their own right. Generously sized and beautifully illustrated with over 250 full-color photographs, here are Art Deco and Modernist carpets at their most glorious.
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Susan Day is chief librarian at the Institut Fran ais d Architecture and contributing editor to Hali magazine. She lives in Paris.
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I am biased, Moholy Nagy, Joseph Albers and Johannes Itten and their cohorts at the Bauhaus left an indelible mark on my artist's soul. When I saw this book I actually two-steppped a little jig for joy. The application of modernist patterns to this fiberous, color-satuating medium is in many ways a perfect example of the Weimar/Dessau ethos: " form will always follow function", is still a very pertinant, clear, and vibrant idelogy. The beautifully printed photos of the carpets are worth the price of the book, as they serve as excellent sources of inspiration and study. The book's design is well-thought out and allows the fabrics and weavings to come alive on the pages. It is a fortunate thing that younger talented, art historians like Ms. Day are allowing themselves and their readers the pleasure of rediscovering the wealth and elegance of Modernist ideas as a healing antiodote to our current age of mass art confusion.
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tufted technique, chenille carpeting, decorative arts school, flatweave carpet, geometric repertoire, decorator trained, wool pile, pile carpet woven, batik style, designer carpets, symmetrical knot, strip carpeting, interior decoration firm, circular carpet, carpet design, knot count, weaving workshop, wove carpets, decoration department, handwoven carpets, wove rugs, designed carpets, carpet decorated, tapestry weave, cotton foundation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, International Exhibition, Art Deco, Maison Myrbor, Studio de Saedeleer, Eileen Gray, Wilton Royal Carpet Factory, Paul Follot, Art Nouveau, Mobilier National, Compagnie des Arts, Pierre Chareau, Sonia Delaunay, Evelyn Wyld, Francis Jourdain, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ivan Da Silva Bruhns, Marion Dorn, Tapis de Cogolin, First World War, Van Doesburg, Van Huffel, Grands Magasins, Josef Hoffmann, Salon des Artistes New!
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- Design Encyclopedia, The by Mel Byars on 9 pages
- The Second World War (Events of Yesteryear) by Michel Pierre on 5 pages
- Art Deco (World of Art) by Alastair Duncan on 4 pages
- Ornament and Crime: Selected Essays. (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Translation Series) by Adolf Loos on 4 pages
- Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America by Sarah B. Sherrill in Front Matter, page 97, and Back Matter
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