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Crystal and Arabesque: Claude Bragdon, Ornament, and Modern Architecture
Jonathan Massey
Crystal and Arabesque: Claude Bragdon, Ornament, and Modern Architecture
Jonathan Massey
Now that architects and designers are once again generating innovative work based on geometry, ornament, and pattern, Crystal and Arabesque draws on a rich trove of previously unpublished work to show how American modernists committed to social reform used ornament in new ways to engage the media and audiences of mass society.
352 pages, 204 illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 15, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780822943624 |
Publishers | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Pages | 352 |
Dimensions | 269 × 190 × 22 mm · 1.06 kg |
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