Charles Rennie Mackintosh : Architect, Artist, Icon [Hardcover]

John McKean (Author), Colin Baxter (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2000

This heavily illustrated book focuses on Charles Rennie Mackintosh's decorative arts, interiors, graphics, small objects, drawings, and illustrations. It includes many new and lesser-known images, as well as other classic Mackintosh trademarks.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Although he died in obscurity, Mackintosh (1868-1928) is now considered by many to be one of the greatest originators of modern architecture and design and a giant of the Edwardian art world. Mackintosh aimed for art, but art for domestic purposes. He used the clean geometric lines associated with the Arts and Crafts movement but included an Art Nouveau element to achieve individual and striking designs. His work is so recognized now that many designs have made their way into museum gift catalogs, and his very stylized alphabet forms are available as digital fonts. McKean, an architecture professor and activist to save Mackintosh's Martyr School from demolition, has written previously on this amazing Scot and brings his passion to an impressively illustrated biography. Mackintosh's buildings are all illustrated with great care in Baxter's photographs, which are supplemented with many archive photos of buildings that have not survived. This work will stand well beside James Macaulay's Glasgow School of Art (Phaidon, 1993) and Elizabeth Wilhide's The Mackintosh Style: Design and D cor (LJ 10/1/95); McKean's greater emphasis on Mackintosh's architecture in particular recommends it to most collections.DJoseph Hewgley, Nashville P.L.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

McKean, professor of architecture at the University of Brighton, and photographer Colin Baxter provide an in-depth overview of the Scottish architect, painter, furniture designer, and graphic artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). Scarcely dead before art critics began calling him a pioneer of modernism, the United Kingdom's master of art nouveau, and the last great Victorian architect, Mackintosh's reputation has withstood the test of time. This handsome hardcover coffee-table book amply demonstrates why, with McKean's informed and scholarly--but never dry or boring--text accompanied by more than 200 color photos, including both Baxter's contemporary photographs and many archival images. McKean doesn't aim to simply describe the work, providing the sort of "verbal guide" so often found in such books. Instead he examines the artist's life and work through a primary biographical and critical narrative and a secondary track that focuses pictorially on Mackintosh's various styles. Complete with endnotes, bibliography, and index, this well-conceived and knowledgeable study will appeal to a wide range of readers. Whitney Scott
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896585190
• ISBN-13: 978-0896585195
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,226,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful appraisal of Mackintosh's kaleidoscopic talents, January 15, 2001

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This review is from: Charles Rennie Mackintosh : Architect, Artist, Icon (Hardcover)

In Charles Rinnie Macintosh: Architect, Artist, Icon, John McKean and Colin Baxter collaborate to showcase Charles Mackintosh's kaleidoscopic talents as an architect, painter, furniture designer, and graphic artist. They provide an insightful appraisal of Mackintosh's unique talents and offer an informative overview of both the man and his achievements within the context of his personal life and times -- and how his work is viewed today. Enhanced with often stunningly beautiful photographs, Charles Rinnie Macintosh is an outstanding contribution to personal and academic artbook reference and art history collections.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Why are prices listed so expensive?, September 12, 2006

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I just returned from Glasgow and this delightful book - brand new - is being sold for 10 pounds in all the gift shops, at the Mackintosh House and at the Glasgow School of Art. Why are used copies being sold for so much on Amazon?

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Order this item and never received it - 3 issues, March 7, 2006

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I ordered this book and received a tiny, 32 page, gift book instead. When I contacted the seller they asked that I return the gift book. 1) I returned the book, was reimbursed for the original order, but was never reminbursed for the postage to return the book. 2) This seller continues to advertise a book they evidently do not have to sell. This is bait and switch. 3) In response to my Amazon A-Z Claim I receive a form email stating I have been reimbursed and my claim is closed. Amazon has just lost a very good customer.