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Henry van de Velde : selected essays, 1889-1914

Title
  1. Henry van de Velde : selected essays, 1889-1914 / edited by Katherine M. Kuenzli ; translated by Elizabeth Tucker.
Published by
  1. Los Angeles, California : Getty Research Institute, [2022]
Author
  1. Velde, Henry van de, 1863-1957

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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. Art > 19e siècle
  8. Art > 20e siècle
  9. Esthétique > 19e siècle
  10. Esthétique > 20e siècle
  11. Art > Philosophie
  12. Aesthetics, Modern
  13. Art, Modern
Genre/Form
  1. Essay
  2. essays.
  3. Art criticism.
  4. Essays.
  5. Critiques d'art.
  6. Essais.
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. N6447
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Translated from the French.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.