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Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008

Sarah D. Coffin

4/5 ( ratings)

Rococo: The Continuing Curve, which accompanies a major exhibition opening March 2008 at the Smith-sonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, is a groundbreaking work exploring the sensuous and organic rococo style and its many revivals from the early eighteenth century up to the present day in multiple fields, including furniture, decorative arts, prints, drawings, and textiles. More than 300 lavish full-color illustrations and more than a dozen original essays chart the progress of the style as it radiated from master craftsmen in Paris throughout France, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and other European countries, and later crossed the Atlantic to the United States.

Language: English

Pages: 263

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Assouline

Release: March 01, 2008

ISBN: 0910503923

ISBN 13: 9780910503921

Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008

Sarah D. Coffin

4/5 ( ratings)

Rococo: The Continuing Curve, which accompanies a major exhibition opening March 2008 at the Smith-sonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, is a groundbreaking work exploring the sensuous and organic rococo style and its many revivals from the early eighteenth century up to the present day in multiple fields, including furniture, decorative arts, prints, drawings, and textiles. More than 300 lavish full-color illustrations and more than a dozen original essays chart the progress of the style as it radiated from master craftsmen in Paris throughout France, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and other European countries, and later crossed the Atlantic to the United States.

Language: English

Pages: 263

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Assouline

Release: March 01, 2008

ISBN: 0910503923

ISBN 13: 9780910503921

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