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The Art that is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920
by Kaplan, Wendy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+ (Ex-art library with plastic spine label; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; pages are clean with just a hin
- ISBN 10
- 0878462783
- ISBN 13
- 9780878462780
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York: New York Graphic Society / Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. G+ (Ex-art library with plastic spine label; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; pages are clean with just a hint of age overall.). Heathered, decorative linen/boards; brown lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering, in mylar cover. 424 pp., 55 color illus. and 316 duotones. Issued in conjunction with several 1987-1988 exhibitions. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 188 works with four lengthy essays: by Wendy Kaplan, "The Lamp of British Precedent: An Introduction to the Arts and Crafts Movement" and "Spreading the Crafts: The Role of the Schools"; by Eileen Boris, "'Dreams of Brotherhood and Beauty': The Social Ideas of the Arts and Crafts Movement"; and by Cheryl Robertson, "House and Home in the Arts and Crafts Era: Reforms for Simpler Living"; and an index. This is the scarce first edition of this landmark study.
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- 162468
- Title
- The Art that is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920
- Author
- Kaplan, Wendy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+ (Ex-art library with plastic spine label; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; pages are clean with just a hin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0878462783
- ISBN 13
- 9780878462780
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society / Museum of Fine Arts
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- american art; 19th century; 20th century; arts and crafts movement; decorative art ; American Arts and Crafts ; 19th century ; 20th century
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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