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Design in the USA /

From the Cadillac to the Apple Mac, the skyscraper to the Tiffany lampshade, the world in which we live has been profoundly influenced for over a century by the work of American designers. But the product is only the end of a story that is full of fascinating questions. What has been the social and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meikle, Jeffrey L., 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Colección:Oxford history of art.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The emergence of the American system, 1790-1860
  • Art and industry in the gilded age, 1860-1918
  • Designing the machine age, 1918-1940
  • High design versus popular styling, 1940-1965
  • Into the millennium: moving beyond modernism
  • Notes
  • Timeline
  • Museums and websites
  • List of illustrations.