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Craft in the Machine Age, 1920-1945 : the history of twentieth-century American craft / Janet Kardon, editor ; with essays by Rosemarie Haag Bletter ... [et al.]..

Contributor(s): Kardon, Janet | Bletter, Rosemarie Haag | American Craft Museum (New York, N.Y.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : H.N. Abrams in association with the American Craft Museum, 1995Description: 304 p. : ill (some col.) ; 31 cm.ISBN: 0810919680.Subject(s): Decorative arts -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Decorative arts -- United States -- Foreign influencesDDC classification: 745.44973
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One of the most fertile periods in American design, the years 1920 to 1945 witnessed many influences and styles. The influx of emigre artists, such as Eliel Saarinen, Josef Albers, Gertrud and Otto Natzler and Paul T. Frankl, with the landmark 1925 Art Deco exposition in Paris, the Bauhaus, and the World of Tomorrow exhibition at the 1939 New York World's Fair, all contributed to the shift from the handmade objects of the Arts and Crafts Movement to the streamlined, geometric forms of modernism.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-284) and index.

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In its relatively short life, Manhattan's American Craft Museum is fast becoming one of the primary movers and shakers in uncovering the best of the U.S.' past. This volume of 10 essays accompanied by approximately 100 pages of exhibition photographs establishes once and for all the impact of art moderne on America. Each of the eminent scholars contributes explanation, definition, and elucidation. Sprightly prose--not deadly scholarly fumes--emanate from and enliven and enhance what could have been a simple exhibition catalog, transforming it into a useful resource for generations present and future. --Barbara Jacobs