商品簡介
As the author of 34 books on the decorative arts, and with his work as a consultant at Christy's for over a decade, Duncan is certainly qualified to write a "complete" and "definitive" work, which is how the title and subtitle of this hefty volume characterize its intent. His introduction emphasizes the broad reach of Art Deco and the lack of consensus about what the style encompasses exactly, as it sprang from Art Nouveau roots but reaches into a Modernist sensibility, as it spread from a French mix of ornamentation and functionality to related versions specific to other countries. With about 1,000 color images and thorough text, coverage includes furniture and interior decoration, sculpture, paintings, graphics, posters, bookbinding, glass, ceramics, lighting, textiles, metal, lacquer and enamel, and jewelry. Profiles of designers, artists, and manufacturers--in an A-Z listing--occupy a couple hundred pages; and a glossary and select bibliography round out the offering. Generous-sized display of images is afforded by the oversize format (9.5x13"). Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Alastair Duncan's work as an officer and consultant at Christie's New York from 1977-1990 has made him?a leading authority on Art Deco and Art Nouveau decorative arts.?This is his?thirty-third book on the decorative arts including?Abrams's Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany and American Art Deco. He lives in New York City.
