Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Kuenzli, Katherine M. (Katherine Marie), 1972-
2. Tucker, Elizabeth, 1977-
3. Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

Description

1. viii, 383 pages; 26 cm.

Summary

1. "This volume is the first English-language collection of writings by Henry van de Velde, one of the most influential designers and theorists of the twentieth century"--

Series statement

1. Texts & documents

Uniform title

1. Henry van de Velde (Getty Research Institute)
2. Texts & documents.

Alternative title

1. Henry van de Velde (Getty Research Institute)
2. Selected essays, 1889-1914

Subject

1. 1800-1999
2. Art, Modern > 19th century
3. Art, Modern > 20th century
4. Aesthetics, Modern > 19th century
5. Aesthetics, Modern > 20th century
6. Art > Philosophy
7. Aesthetics, Modern
8. Art, Modern
9. Art

Genre/Form

1. Art criticism.
2. Essays.

Contents

1. Introduction: "Clearing the Terrain of Art": Henry van de Velde and an Art Theory for the Twentieth Century / Katherine M. Kuenzli -- Translator's Introduction / Elizabeth Tucker -- Henry van de Velde: Selected Essays, 1889-1914 -- Adrien-Joseph Heymans: A Study (1889) -- On the Peasant in Painting (1891) -- Georges Seurat (1891) -- Artistic Wallpapers (1893) -- Clearing the Terrain of Art (1894) -- Remarks on a Synthesis of Art (1895) -- Painting at the Third Exhibition of La Libre Esthétique (1896) -- The Colonial Exposition in Tervueren (1898) -- William Morris: Artisan and Socialist (1898) -- The Artistic Improvement of Women's Costume (1900) -- The Rebirth of the Applied Arts and the Social Movement (1901) -- Declaration of Principles (1902) -- Workshops for the Applied Arts (1902) -- On the Death of Otto Eckmann (1902) -- Giving Life to Matter as a Principle of Beauty (1903) -- Notes on a Journey to Greece (1905) -- On Good Taste (1905) -- The New Style (1906) -- Artists' Workshops (1906) -- The Line (1908) -- Folk Art (1909) -- Art and Industry (1910) -- Rational Beauty (1910) -- Traditional and Modern Christmas Tree Ornaments: The Lauscha -- Glassblowers at Work (1912) -- A Fountain by Hermann Obrist (1914) -- Counter-Theses (1914) -- Bibliography of Henry van de Velde's Publications, 1889-1917.

Call number

1. JQF 22-1927

Note

1. Translated from the French.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Velde, Henry van de, 1863-1957, author.

Title

1. Henry van de Velde : selected essays, 1889-1914 / edited by Katherine M. Kuenzli ; translated by Elizabeth Tucker.

Publisher

1. Los Angeles, California : Getty Research Institute, [2022]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Texts & documents
2. Texts & documents.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological term

1. 1800-1999

Added author

1. Kuenzli, Katherine M. (Katherine Marie), 1972- editor.
2. Tucker, Elizabeth, 1977- translator.
3. Getty Research Institute, issuing body.

Other form:

1. Online version: Velde, Henry van de, 1863-1957. Henry van de Velde. Los Angeles : Getty Publications, [2022] 9781606067956 (DLC) 2021058720

LCCN

1. 2021970016

Other standard identifier

1. 17918652

ISBN

1. 9781606067949 paperback
2. 160606794X paperback

Research call number

1. JQF 22-1927