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Table of Contents:

• The style and the age ; Alternate histories ; The cult of nature / Paul Greenhalgh
• Symbols of the sacred and profane / Ghislaine Wood and Paul Greenhalgh
• The literary heritage / Philippe Hamon
• Orient and Occident / Anna Jackson
• Arabesques : North Africa, Arabia, and Europe / Francesca Vanke
• Le Style Anglais : English roots of the new art / Paul Greenhalgh
• The age of paper / Ghislaine Wood
• Moulding wood : craftsmanship in furniture / Gabriel P. Weisberg
• The new textiles / Linda Parry
• The new ceramics : engaging with the spirit ; The new glass : a synthesis of technology and dreams / Jennifer Hawkins Opie
• Modern metal / Helen Clifford and Eric Turner
• Jewellery and the art of the goldsmith / Clare Phillips
• The concentrated essence of a wiggle : Art Nouveau sculpture / Alexander Kader
• The Parisian situation : Hector Guimard and the emergence of Art Nouveau / Gabriel P. Weisberg
• Victor Horta and Brussels / Françoise Aubry
• Munich : secession and Jugendstil ; Secession in Vienna / Gillian Naylor
• Glasgow : the dark daughter of the north / Juliet Kinchin
• Louis Sullivan and the spirit of nature / Lauren S. Weingarden
• Barcelona : spirituality and modernity / Ignasi de Solá-Morales
• Budapest : international metropolis and national capital / David Crowley

• The new art in Prague / Milena Lamarová
• Helsinki : Saarinen and Finnish Jugend / Jennifer Hawkins Opie
• Moscow modern / Wendy Salmond
• Louis Comfort Tiffany and New York / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
• Turin : stile floreale, a 'liberty' for Italy? / Wendy Kaplan
• A strange death / Paul Greenhalgh.

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Contributors:

Greenhalgh, Paul

Victoria and Albert Museum

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Decoration and ornament — Art nouveau — Exhibitions

Decorative arts — History — 19th century — Exhibitions

Decorative arts — History — 20th century — Exhibitions

Exposition universelle (1900 : Paris, France)

Decorative arts — England — London — Exhibitions

Victoria and Albert Museum — Exhibitions

National Gallery of Art (U.S.) — Exhibitions

Victoria and Albert Museum

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Exposición Universal de 1992

1800-1999

Decoration and ornament

Decorative arts

Decoration and ornament — Art nouveau

England — London

France — Paris

Genres:

Exhibition catalogs

History

General Notes:

"First published by V&A Publications, London, 2000."--T.p. verso.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 6 April-30 July 2000 and National Gallery of Art 8 October 2000-28 January 2001. Includes illustrated object list of exhibition in Washington.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-448) and indexes.

Physical Description:

496 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

NK775.5.A7 A785 2000

ISBNs:

0894682792 (museum pbk.)
0810942194 (Abrams cloth)
0810929228 (book club pbk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

00028027

OCLC Numbers:

43599140