A small softcover book titled PIONEERS OF MODERN DESIGN - FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO WALTER GROPIUS. by William Pevsner. original copyright 1936 with revisions over the years to this final revision by Pelican books in 1975. Printed in 1991. 5 x 8 inches, 264 pages. 150 illustrations of Black & White photos with a few sketches. Printed in Great Britain.
Condition is overall good. Moderate shelfwear, sticker residue on rear cover. Pages are clean and tight.
from the rear cover:
"The new style, the genuine and legitimate style of our century ... was achieved by 1914; it consists of a synthesis of the Morris Movement, the development of steel building, and Art Nouveau."
This book considers design in Britain from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Movement; the state of painting in the 1890s; Art Nouveau (and its extraordinary offshoots in the work of Gaudi); Victorian engineering and architecture.
All these finally form the essential background to the pioneers rejection of ornament, use of new materials and commitment to 'utility' and the machine age.
Voysey and Mackintosh in Britain were among the early masters of the Modern Movement. Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright in America, the Sezession school, Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner in Vienna and finally, gropius and his Bauhaus colleagues perfected the style.
Their relationships, achievements and influence are all described and celebrated in this highly readable classic survey."
Please look at the contents page for all this book has to offer. An invaluable resource for all modern design lovers, collectors and dealers.
Please enjoy the photos below that are but a small fraction of the great ones found in this book.
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