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Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981 -- Influence.
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 -- Influence.
Design -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Partners in design : Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson / edited by David A. Hanks ; essays by Donald Albrecht, Barry Bergdoll, Paul Galloway, David A. Hanks, Juliet Kinchin.
New York : The Monacelli Press, 2015.
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Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981 -- Influence.
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 -- Influence.
Design -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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9781580934336
1580934331
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239 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents:
The Bauhaus : Mecca of Modernism / David A. Hanks -- The High Bohemia of 1930s Manhattan / Donald Albrecht -- Laboratories for Modernism : The Johnson and Barr Apartments / David A. Hanks -- Modernists Abroad -- Modern Architecture : International Exhibition / Barry Bergdoll -- Machine Art : Elements of a New Beauty / Juliet Kinchin -- Spreading the Gospel of Modern Design / David A. Hanks.
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"The story of Alfred Barr and Philip Johnson, two young men, now acknowledged as giants in the history of modernism, who changed the course of design in the United States. In the 1920s and 1930s a new aesthetic emerged in the United States, based on the principles of the Bauhaus in Germany: rational, functional design devoid of ornament and without reference to historical styles. Alfred H. Barr Jr., founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, and Philip Johnson, director of its architecture department, were the leading proponents of the modern approach. Using as their laboratories both MoMA and their own apartments in New York, Barr and Johnson experimented with new ideas in museum ideology, extending the scope beyond painting and sculpture to include design and film; with exhibitions of ordinary objects elevated to art by their elegant design; and with installations in dramatically lit galleries with smooth, white walls"--
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Hawaii State Library
Art, Music & Recreation
745.40904 Pa
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