Art Deco Chicago : designing modern America
(2018)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
709.04012/ART

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 709.04012/ART Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Art Deco Society, [2018]
New Haven, CT : Distributed by Yale University Press
©2018
DESCRIPTION

383 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780300229936, 0300229933 :, 0300229933 W000213, 9780300229936
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"This volume serves as the companion publication to the exhibition Modern by Design: Chicago Streamlines America organized by the Chicago History Museum, October 27, 2018--December 2, 2019"--Title page verso

Capital of mainstream Modernism / Robert Bruegmann -- Chicago designs for America / Jonathan Mekinda -- Chicago encounters Art Deco / Teri J. Edelstein -- A century of progress / Lisa D. Schrenk -- Decomania, the paths to an enthusiasm / Neil Harris

An expansive take on American Art Deco that explores Chicago's pivotal role in developing the architecture, graphic design, and product design that came to define middle-class style in the 20th century --Publisher

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