The Abrams guide to period styles for interiors
Gura, Judith2005
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Combines depth of content with ease of use when featuring 32 period styles of design common around the world. Each style is described in concise historical summary, as well as detailed discussion and list of its hallmark characteristics.
Main title:
The Abrams guide to period styles for interiors / by Judith Gura
Author:
Imprint:
New York Harry N. Abrams 2005
Collation:
424 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
The Seventeenth Century: The Baroque Styles - Louis XIV - William and Mary - Early American Colonial - The Eighteenth Century: From Rococo to Neoclassicism - Louis XV - English Queen Anne - Early Georgian - Neo-Palladian - Late American Colonial - Louis XVI - Late Georgian - Federal - French Empire - Regency - American Empire - The Nineteenth Century: Revival and Reform - The Victorian Era: An Overview - Gothic Revival - Rococo Revival - Renaissance Revival - Aesthetic - English Arts and Crafts - American Arts and Crafts - Art Nouveau - Glasgow - The Twentieth Century: Modernism and After - Avant-Garde and the Wiener Werkstatte (The Vienna Workshops) - International Style - French Art Deco - Midcentury Modern - Scandinavian Modern - Sixties - Italian Modern - Post-Modernism - Minimalism - The Twenty-First Century: Toward the Future - Styles of the Twenty-First Century: An Overview - Illustrations - Classical Orders -Ornamental Motifs
ISBN:
0810959143 (hbk)
Dewey class:
747.09 ABR
Local class:
747.09
Language:
English
BRN:
73528
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More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 747.09 ABR | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |