The modern interior / / Penny Sparke

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910331858903321
• Autore: Sparke Penny
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Reaktion Books, 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-27127-X; 9786612271274; 1-86189-474-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Disciplina: 729
• Soggetti: Decorative arts; Interior decoration - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Modern Interior Cover; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; Part One Inside Out; 1 The Private Interior; 2 The New Interior; 3 The Mass-consumed Interior; 4 The Fashionable Interior; 5 The Decorative Interior; Part Two Outside In; 6 The Public Interior; 7 The Rational Interior; 8 The Mass-produced Interior; 9 The Abstract Interior; 10 The Designed Interior; Conclusion; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Modern Interior, Penny Sparke examines the work of such designers as Marcel Breuer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles and Ray Eames, and Mies van der Rohe, to reveal that, unlike the designed exteriors of buildings and institutions, the idea of the "interior" has been a largely abstract conception promoted through exhibitions, retail stores, and mass media.