Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939
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Busch, Jason and Catherine Futter. Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939
Skira 2011
Book ID: 90717
Exhibition catalogue. World's fairs were the most important vehicles for debuting advancements in modern living. These renowned international expositions were showcases for design on a national and global level, and they democratized design unlike any previous forum. Inventing the Modern World is lavishly illustrated with two hundred examples of woodwork, metalwork, ceramics, glass, jewelry, and textiles from private and public collections, primarily in America and Europe, many never before published or seen outside of their respective collections.
304 pp. Cl.
