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Thames & Hudson Ltd.. Very Good. 0500237069. with dustjacket, bright clean copy . 1995. Hardcover.

One of the critical formative influences of the 20th century has been the response to modernity. In the struggle between modern and anti-modern forces, between progressiveness and reaction, design has been a key element in the service of reform movements and as an agent of propaganda. Written by leading social and art historians, this book is published to accompany a travelling exhibition organized by the Wolfsonian, a Miami institution dedicated to examining the social, political and aesthetic significance of objects produced between 1885 and 1945. With hundreds of photographs of the Wolfsonian's collection of objects-posters, books, furniture and ceramics-it shows how design has been a vital tool in acclimatizing people to life in the modern world, examining the different ways that political, industrial and cultural leaders throughout Europe and America have used design in their programmes of reform, in their efforts to shape public opinion and the forge a sense of national identity.

London: Thames and Hudson., 1995. 352pp, index, 417 ills (300 col). Or gray cloth in jacket. As new. Published to coincide with a travelling exhibition from the Wolfsonian, a Miami institution devoted to examining the social, political and aesthetic significance of objects produced between 1885 & 1945. The book looks at the ways that political, industrial and cultural leaders have employed design in their programs of reform and their efforts to shape public opinion. Shows how design has been a vital tool in acclimatizing people to life in the modern world and helping to form a sense of national identity, particularly in European countries, through local crafts and vernacular buildings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

First ed. Fine/Fine condition.

Hardback book in near fine condition, dust jacket is very good to near fine, crease on front flap.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. Cloth, 352 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published to accompany the inaugural touring exhibition of the Wolfsonian, Palm Beach, Fla., November 11, 1995 to May 18, 1997. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Confronting modernity: traditions transformed - romantic nationalism in design, 1890-1920; German design and national identity, 1890-1918; the decorative arts in Amsterdam, 1890-1930; the English compromise - modern design and national consciousness, 1870-1940. Celebrating modernity: domesticating modernity - ambivalence and appropriation, 1920-1940; forging modern Italy; a "return to order" - issues of the vernacular and the classical in Italian inter-war design. Manipulating modernity - political persuasion: political things - design in Fascist Italy; design in inter-war Germany; emblems of production - workers in German, Italian and American art during the 1930's... 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

352pp, index, 417 ills (300 col). Or gray cloth in jacket. As new. Published to coincide with a travelling exhibition from the Wolfsonian, a Miami institution devoted to examining the social, political and aesthetic significance of objects produced between 1885 & 1945. The book looks at the ways that political, industrial and cultural leaders have employed design in their programs of reform and their efforts to shape public opinion. Shows how design has been a vital tool in acclimatizing people to life in the modern world and helping to form a sense of national identity, particularly in European countries, through local crafts and vernacular buildings.

0500237069 HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET. 4to, 352 pp, near fine in gilt-stamped cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 417 illustrations, including 300 in color. Excellent, lavish overview of decorative and propaganda arts, mainly from Miami's Wolfsonian collection.