Twentieth-Century Fabrics

FollowingthepublicationofItalianCeramicArt，Skirapresentsacompilationdevotedprimarilytothemoderndecorativearts，thatwillofferahighlyextensiveandversatileanthologyofwritings，accompaniedbytechnicalandin-depthcaptions，andascientificallydocumented，yetconciseandabsorbingessay.ThecollectionisorganizedchronologicallystartingwiththefabricsconceivedbytheartistsoftheSecessionsMovementsinGermanyinthe1900s，suchasMoser，Hoffman，andKlimt.Thisvolumethentakesanin-depthlookatsubsequentartistsandperiodssuchasArtNouveau;thefabricsofDecoandNovecentodesign;EuropeanandAmericanproductioninthe1950s，whichshowtheinfluencefrominformalartisticculture;andtheexperiencesofPopArt，OpArtandKineticArt，includingtheircontemporarysuccesses.Thisvolumeincludesbiographiesofthedesignersandmainmanufacturers，aglossaryoftechnicalterms，athematicbibliography，andanindexofnamesthatwillprovehighlyusefulforspecialists，collectors，andthosewhosimplyhaveaninterestinarthistory.