Flight of Fancy: The Banishment and Return of Ornament
by Brolin, Brent C
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0312296134
- ISBN 13
- 9780312296131
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
St. Martin's Press, 1985 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 319 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket (dj slightly frayed at extremities). The book reveals the fascinating interplay of art, society, politics, and commerce from antiquity through modernism and explains ornament's near demise and recent revival. It is a stunningly documented argument against artistic chauvinism and a lively survey of modern architecture.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007041
- Title
- Flight of Fancy: The Banishment and Return of Ornament
- Author
- Brolin, Brent C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0312296134
- ISBN 13
- 9780312296131
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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