The Elements of Design; A Practical Encyclopedia of the Decorative Arts from the Renaissance to the Present

by Noel Riley; Patricia Bayer

• ISBN13: 9780743222297
• ISBN10: 0743222296
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-28
• Publisher: Free Press

Summary

In the bestselling tradition ofThe Elements of Style, The Elements of Designis a comprehensive visual survey of the design styles that have had the greatest impact on the decorative arts in the Western world. With more than 3,000 prints, photographs, and line drawings, the book covers five centuries of the Western decorative arts tradition, including Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Regency, Gothic, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism, and the Space Age.The key elements of the Western decorative arts tradition are explored chronologically. Each chapter begins with a broad introduction to the era, summarizing its key style features. Within the chapter there follows close examination of individual objects, including ceramics, glass, silver and metalwork, furniture, and textiles. All the items illustrated form a visual vocabulary of each design movement. The book also includes biographies of innovative designers, information on conservation and maintenance, and a comprehensive glossary of design terms.Compiled by a team of experts under the guidance of design specialists Noel Riley and Patricia Bayer,The Elements of Designis an indispensable reference work for collectors, design historians, interior decorators, set designers, and all those interested in our decorative arts heritage.

Author Biography

Noel Riley, is a specialist writer and lecturer on the decorative arts. A part-time tutor at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, and a lecturer for the Worker's Educational Association, she contributes a regular column to Historic House Patricia Bayer, is a specialist in 19th- and 20th-century European and American decorative arts and design Helen Clifford (Neoclassical Silver and Metalwork), course tutor in silver and metalwork at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Royal College of Art, London Max Donnelly (Aesthetic Movement), registrar and 19th-century decorative arts expert at The Fine Art Society, London Jane Gardiner (16th- to early-18th-century pottery), Deputy Director of the 17th- and 18th-century Decorative Arts course at Sotheby's Institute, London Mary Greensted (Arts and Crafts Movement), curator and Keeper of Visitor Services at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum Sally Kevill-Davies (18th-century ceramics), expert, writer, and researcher, responsible for the re-cataloguing of English porcelain at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Rachel Layton Elwes (American Baroque and Rococo furniture, Neoclassical ceramics and glass, and Contemporary), curator in Medieval and Modern Europe at the British Museum, London, and curatorial assistant at The Gilbert Collection, London J.R. Liefkes (16th- to early-18th-century glass), Acting Chief Curator of the ceramics and glass department at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London Andy McConnell (Rococo and Neoclassical glass), glass expert, historian, and writer Alan Powers (Modernism), writer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich School of Architecture and Landscape, London Daru Rooke (Historic Revivals and The Grand Manner), broadcaster and Senior Curator, Leeds Museums and Galleries Mary Schoeser (16th- to early-19th-century textiles), textile specialist, Consultant Archivist and Curator at the London Institute and Liberty of London Prints Timothy Schroder (16th- to 19th-century silver and metalwork), former Curatorial Consultant and Keeper of the Gilbert Collection, London Adriana Turpin (16th- to early-18th-century furniture), Deputy Director of Sotheby's Europe and decorative arts tutor at Sotheby's Institute, London Lisa White (Rococo, Neoclassical furniture), curator at the Holborne Museum of Art, Bath Nigel Whiteley (Space Age), professor in the School of Creative Arts at Lancaster University Ghislaine Wood (Art Nouveau), curator in the research department of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London Jonathan M. Woodham (Postmodernism), professor of History of Design and Director of the Design History Research Centre, University of Brighton

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 8
Renaissance 1400-1600	p. 10
Introduction	p. 10
Furniture	p. 14
Pottery	p. 20
Glass	p. 26
Silver and Metalwork	p. 30
Textiles	p. 38
Baroque c. 1600-1730	p. 40
Introduction	p. 40
Furniture	p. 44
Ceramics	p. 62
Glass	p. 66
Silver and Metalwork	p. 70
Textiles and Wallpaper	p. 76
Rococo c. 1715-70	p. 80
Introduction	p. 80
Furniture	p. 84
Ceramics	p. 100
Glass	p. 108
Silver and Metalwork	p. 114
Textiles and Wallpaper	p. 122
Neoclassicism c. 1760-1830	p. 126
Introduction	p. 126
Furniture	p. 130
Ceramics	p. 160
Glass	p. 176
Silver and Metalwork	p. 188
Textiles and Wallpaper	p. 202
Historic Revivals c. 1820-1900	p. 210
Introduction	p. 210
Furniture	p. 214
Ceramics	p. 228
Glass	p. 234
Silver and Metalwork	p. 242
Textiles	p. 244
Wallpaper	p. 248
The Aesthetic Movement 1870-90	p. 250
Introduction	p. 250
Furniture	p. 254
Ceramics	p. 262
Glass	p. 266
Metalwork	p. 268
Textiles and Wallpaper	p. 270
Arts and Crafts c. 1880-1920	p. 274
Introduction	p. 274
Furniture	p. 278
Ceramics	p. 286
Glass	p. 288
Silver and Metalwork	p. 290
Textiles and Wallpaper	p. 294
Art Nouveau 1890-1914	p. 298
Introduction	p. 298
Furniture	p. 302
Ceramics	p. 314
Glass	p. 318
Silver and Metalwork	p. 322
Textiles and Wallpaper	p. 326
Early Modernism 1900-30	p. 330
Introduction	p. 330
Furniture	p. 334
Ceramics	p. 62
Glass	p. 342
Silver and Metalwork	p. 344
Textiles	p. 348
Art Deco 1910-39	p. 350
Introduction	p. 350
Furniture	p. 354
Ceramics	p. 360
Glass	p. 364
Silver and Metalwork	p. 368
Textiles	p. 372
Mass-Produced Wares and Industrial Design	p. 376
Modernism 1920-49	p. 378
Introduction	p. 378
Furniture	p. 382
Ceramics	p. 396
Glass	p. 402
Silver and Metalwork	p. 410
Textiles	p. 412
Industrial Design	p. 416
Lighting	p. 418
Contemporary c. 1945-60	p. 420
Introduction	p. 420
Furniture	p. 424
Ceramics	p. 434
Glass	p. 438
Silver and Metalwork	p. 442
Textiles	p. 444
Plastics and Appliances	p. 446
Space Age 1960-69	p. 450
Introduction	p. 450
Furniture	p. 454
Ceramics	p. 462
Glass	p. 464
Metalwork	p. 466
Fashion and Textiles	p. 468
Industrial Design	p. 474
Postmodernism 1970-2000	p. 482
Introduction	p. 482
Furniture	p. 486
Ceramics	p. 494
Glass	p. 496
Silver and Metalwork	p. 498
Textiles and Rugs	p. 500
Industrial Design	p. 502
Appendices
Contributor Biographies	p. 506
Sources	p. 508
Glossary	p. 510
Index	p. 523
Acknowledgments	p. 541
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