Henry van de Velde : the artist as designer : from Art Nouveau to Modernism /
Richard Hollis.
- 264 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Dates and Places -- Prologue: The Artist-Designer -- 1. The Artist -- 2. Brussels -- 3. Applying Art -- 4. Reframing Art -- 5. Arts and Crafts -- 6. The Apostle -- 7. The Home as Art -- 8. One Perfect Structure -- 9. Fin-de-Siècle Paris: Reforming the Interior -- 10. Seductive Simplicity -- 11. Cloth, Clothes and Fashion -- 12. Exhibitions -- 13. The Privileged Class -- 14. Berlin: Turn of the Century -- 15. Apostle in Berlin -- 16. The New Weimar -- 17. Workshop Studios -- 18. Private Practice -- 19. Fitting Out the Interior -- 20. Unbuilt Buildings -- 21. Classical and Oriental -- 22. 1906: Annus Terribilis -- 23. Large Houses -- 24. Monuments and Temples -- 25. Theatres -- 26. Conflict -- 27. Wartime -- 28. The Netherlands -- 29. Return to Belgium -- 30. Serving the State -- 31. The Last Exile -- Epilogue -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
"Henry van de Velde (1863-1957) is a pivotal figure in design history: a bridge between nineteenth-century eclecticism and the emergence of a modern style. His range was prodigious: from furniture, domestic and shop interiors to ceramics, textiles, dresses, jewelery, silverware and books. He was also the architect of large private houses, theatres, museums and art galleries." --back cover of book
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Velde, Henry van de, 1863-1957 --Criticism and interpretation. Velde, Henry van de, 1863-1957 --Influence.
Artists--Belgium--Biography. Architects--Belgium--Biography. Art nouveau--Germany--Weimar (Thuringia)