Vital forms : American art and design in the atomic age, 1940-1960
Title:
Vital forms : American art and design in the atomic age, 1940-1960
Author:
Rapaport, Brooke Kamin.
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Publication Information:
New York : Brooklyn Museum of Art in association with H.N. Abrams, [2001]
©2001
Physical Description:
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
General Note:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, and four other institutions between Oct. 12, 2001 and June 29, 2003.
Language:
English
Contents:
The United States, 1941-1963 : a historical overview / Paul Boyer -- The greater mystery of things : aspects of vital forms in American art / Brooke Kamin Rapaport -- Building organic form : architecture, ceramics, glass, and metal in the 1940s and 1950s / Martin Filler -- From Futurama to Motorama / Mildred Friedman -- Organic glitz : designing popular culture in the postwar era / Karal Ann Marling.
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ISBN:
9780810906198
9780872731455
Format :
Book
