Dimensions
241 x 315 x 18mm
The first volume in the series on Twentieth-Century Decorative and Applied Arts is dedicated to what is known in Italy as 'Stile Liberty', or Liberty style. Flowers, ribbons, garlands, dragonflies, butterflies and graceful young women dancing, followed by a host of curvilinear, sinuous and spiralling forms: this was Liberty, the new style that at the dawn of the twentieth century, by creating a rupture with traditional artistic forms, spread throughout Europe. Although the movement was short-lived, the First International Exposition of Modern Decorative Arts held in Turin in 1902 showed that it numbered excellent interpreters in every single field. Chini's ceramic works, furniture designed by Quarti and Basile, Mazzucotelli's wrought iron objects, glass-work by Buffa and Cambellotti: pieces that are now much sought after by private collectors and museums. AUTHOR: In 1987 Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, experts in the history of twentieth-century architecture and the applied arts, founded the Associazione Archivi delle Arti Applicate Italiane del XX secolo, a centre where documents are held and research can be carried out, annexed to a specialised library open to experts and students, located in the Museo Andrea e Blanceflor Boncompagni Ludovisi in Rome. SELLING POINTS: ?A rich portfolio of images provide a straightforward visual introduction to 'Liberty Style' ?Special inserts are dedicated to key figures in the historical period discussed (artists, artisans, manufactory founders, musicians, scientists, etc.), or to iconic objects that revolutionised the arts ?Part of a new series that's a rich encyclopaedia on the history of the decorative arts in Italy, Europe and the United States, comprising a wealth of information never before published on the subject ILLUSTRATIONS: 86 colour t15 b/w
