| Description |
1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2011-Mar. 25, 2012. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : "Living in a modern way" / Wendy Kaplan -- Rise of California modern design, 1930-41 / Christopher Long -- Fusing old and new : émigré designers in California / Bobbye Tigerman -- Open world : California architects and the modern home / Nicholas Olsberg -- At home with California modern, 1945-65 / Pat Kirkham -- War and peace : unexpected dividends / Bill Stern -- Serious business : the "designer-craftsman" in postwar California / Glenn Adamson -- Distinctly Californian : modernism in textiles and fashion / Melissa Leventon -- Developing a language of vision : graphic design in California / Jeremy Aynsley -- "It has to be sold" : the dissemination of California design, 1945-65 / Wendy Kaplan and Staci Steinberger. |
| Summary |
The first comprehensive examination of California's mid-century modern design, generously illustrated. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Decorative arts -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Decorative arts. |
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California. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Modernism (Aesthetics) -- California -- Exhibitions.
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Modernism (Aesthetics) |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Kaplan, Wendy.
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Tigerman, Bobbye, 1978-
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Adamson, Glenn.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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| Added Title |
Living in a modern way |
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California design |
| Other Form: |
Print version: California design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles, CA : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2011 9780262299862 (DLC) 2011015580 (OCoLC)715286156 |
| ISBN |
9780262298964 (electronic book) |
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0262298961 (electronic book) |
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9780262299862 (electronic book) |
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0262299860 (electronic book) |
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1283321785 |
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9781283321785 |
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9780262016070 (cloth) |
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0262016079 (cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9786613321787 |
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