Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960
- ISBN-10
- 0872731456
- ISBN-13
- 9780872731455
- Series
- Vital Forms
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Publisher
- Brooklyn Museum Bookshop
- Authors
- Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Kevin Stayton, Brooklyn Museum of Art
Description
Examines the emergence of abstract organic forms and their assimilation into the popular arts and culture of American life from 1940-1960, covering advertising, decorative arts, commercial design, and the fine arts.
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- 2019-10-01
- 200 pages
- Ebook
- U of Minnesota Press
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- 2001-10
- 256 pages
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- Harry N. Abrams
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