The Origins of L'art Nouveau: The Bing Empire

by Weisberg, Gabriel P.; Becker, Edwin; Posseme, Evelyne

• ISBN13: 9780801443879
• ISBN10: 0801443873
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-25
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr

Summary

"It was on 26 December 1895 that art dealer Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) opened the doors of his Paris shop L'Art Nouveau. This long-awaited event represented the birth of a new movement in art." "The Origins of L'Art Nouveau is more than a monograph on Siegfried Bing, his shop and his national and international influence. It also analyses the development of Art Nouveau, and explores the fusion of applied and fine art into an all-embracing new stylistic form. Numerous previously unpublished photographs and works of art further elucidate the narrative."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Introduction : Art Nouveau and Siegfried Bing	p. 6
A family affair : from Hamburg to Paris and beyond	p. 9
The appreciation and study of Japanese art	p. 33
The creation of Japonisme	p. 51
Arts ambassador for Europe and America	p. 73
The opening of La Maison De L'Art Nouveau : Bing and Belgium	p. 99
Les Salons De L'Art Nouveau : perfect harmony and unpretentious beauty	p. 115
Bing and England	p. 151
Redesigning the home : Bing's Art Nouveau workshops	p. 165
The Bing Art Nouveau Pavilion at the World's Fair of 1900 : 'new' art from old	p. 189
Bing and interior decoration : the example of the Chateau De Trevarez	p. 223
Bing's influence and place in the art of his time	p. 235
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