Grand illusions : contemporary interior murals / Caroline Cass ; photographs by Tom Leighton.
By: Cass, Caroline [author]
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Contributor(s): Leighton, Tom [photographer].
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Phaidon, 1988Copyright date: ©1988Description: 160 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780714829470 (paperback); 0714829471 (paperback).Subject(s): Mural painting and decorationDDC classification: 751.730904 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 751.730904 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00232711 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This immaculately presented volume examines one of the most attractive and exciting forms of interior decoration: mural and ' trompe-l'oeil ' painting. The work of more than 40 of the best contemporary artists on both sides of the Atlantic is shown to the full in the magnificent, specially commissioned photography of Tom Leighton.
Since the vast majority of these works decorate private houses or buildings, Grand Illusions signifies the first time they have ever been seen by a wider public. The series of murals depicted includes the most exquisite works from throughout the United Kingdom and the United States today, characterized by unique historical significance and artefactual value as well as overwhelming beauty.
Grand Illusions is the only current book to feature the foremost murals of the West by contemporary artists in such depth of view and breadth of scope.
Includes bibliographical references (page 159) and index.
Introduction -- Murals in the 1930s -- Murals in the grand manner -- Trompe l'oeil murals -- Corporate and commercial murals -- Progressive murals.